Monday, December 12, 2022

#PORTUGAL: Parliament Again Passes Euthanasia Bill

[world politics news]
 

Portugal’s parliament voted for the third time in almost two years Friday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though as happened in the previous attempts the country’s Constitutional Court or president could stop the bill becoming law.

Left-of-center parties in the mostly Catholic country were the driving force behind the bill, as they were with laws allowing abortion in 2007 and same-sex marriage in 2010.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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