Emmanuel Macron has announced a bill allowing ‘assisted dying’ under ‘strict conditions’ to be presented to the Council of Ministers in April.
The French President said today that adults suffering from an ‘incurable illness’ will be able to ask for help to die.
Speaking to French daily newspapers Libération and La Croix, the head of state said a lethal substance will be prescribed to the person.
They can either administer it themselves or take with the help of another person if needed, if they are ‘not in control’.
The substance can be requested if the adult is able to ask for it and if their suffering is not able to be relieved.
Macron went on to say that the bill will be presented in April with a first reading in the National Assembly taking place in May.
Emmanuel Macron has announced a bill allowing ‘assisted dying’ under ‘strict conditions’