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Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalise "aid in dying" that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication.

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Has Belgium become a haven for people wanting to end their life?

While euthanasia is legal in Belgium, increasing numbers of patients from neighbouring countries, particularly France, are seeking to end their lives there.

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The discussion could lead to a change in French law by the end of 2023.

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The man had begged for the right to die but victims of the shooting had argued that he should face justice.

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Previous bills to allow assisted suicide have been blocked by the country's Constitutional Court and President.

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Twenty years ago, Belgium became only the second country in the world to legalise euthanasia. Today, more than a dozen European nations allow some form of it.

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The bill has been criticised by right-wing Italian MPs and will now go to the country's Senate.

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A petition for a referendum on the right to die had collected more than 750,000 signatures last August, well above the threshold required to trigger a vote.

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New law allowing assisted suicide comes into effect in Austria

Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland and has been decriminalised in several European countries, including Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

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From next year, people who are chronically seriously ill or have no prospect of recovery will be able to state their will to die.

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A review of the pod found no legal obstacles preventing its use in Switzerland, but critics fear its goal to "democratise" voluntary euthanasia with AI brings new risks.

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Portugal's president vetoes law legalising euthanasia

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said the wording of the second draft still needs "clarification".

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New Zealand legalises assisted dying for the terminally ill

It comes more than a year after almost two-thirds of New Zealanders voted in favour of the law in a referendum.

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Parliament passed the first version of the bill in January, but President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had asked the Constitutional Court to review it.

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