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- May 19, 2019
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The Portuguese Assisted Dying and Euthanasia movement just dealt a crushing defeat to the Pro-Life and Conservative forces, backed by the "all powerfull and omnipresent" Catholic Church.
Less than 2 years after being rejected by a conservative and Christian Democratic filled Parliament, 5 versions of a bill that intends to decriminalise physician assisted dying was just approved by a solid majority of 127 in favour against 88 against in the Parliament.
This outcome was made possible by the recent October 2019 elections that brought a majority of Socialist and Left wing progressive parties to the Parliament.
Same thing happened in Spain last week.
This the first step of a tough, social and political war that is still far from over.
Now the bill will have to be negotiated between the parties that approved it in order to come up with a final version to be sent to the President, who is a know Catholic.
The President can:
1- Aprove the bill right away (very, very unlikely), which would put an end to the issue;
2- Refuse it, but it can then be approved by the Parliament again, and it won´t need the President´s approval
3- Send it to the Constitutional Court, which is a gamble. Know one can predict what those judges will decide. Should they pronounce that the bill violates the constitution then it can still be reapproved by the Parliament but going against this Court´s decision is always seen as something polemic and frowned upon by the public opinion and political elite alike.
There is also the threat posed by the referendum proposers (pro lifers trying to turn things in their favour), who are already collecting signatures in order to sign a referendum petition. They need 60k people signing the petiton, but it has to be approved by the Parliament.
I think things in Spain are a bit easier as the parties that oppose euthanasia are weakened and the Spanish people are generally in favour of physician assisted dying.
The Laws are highly restrictive and only people with Serious, Uncurable, Severely Painful, Continuous diseases, without treatment alternatives may ask to be euthanised.
It´s also forbidden to allow mental health and demented individuals to start the process.
For people like us it doesn´t mean anything, but what if out of a sudden 2 Historically Catholic, South European Union countries legalize euthanasia and it sends waves to other countries like the UK, France, Germany, etc?
For countries such as this 2 it´s a tremendous change and a lot of Pro lifers are fuming right now.
I will definately keep an eye out.
Less than 2 years after being rejected by a conservative and Christian Democratic filled Parliament, 5 versions of a bill that intends to decriminalise physician assisted dying was just approved by a solid majority of 127 in favour against 88 against in the Parliament.
This outcome was made possible by the recent October 2019 elections that brought a majority of Socialist and Left wing progressive parties to the Parliament.
Same thing happened in Spain last week.
This the first step of a tough, social and political war that is still far from over.
Now the bill will have to be negotiated between the parties that approved it in order to come up with a final version to be sent to the President, who is a know Catholic.
The President can:
1- Aprove the bill right away (very, very unlikely), which would put an end to the issue;
2- Refuse it, but it can then be approved by the Parliament again, and it won´t need the President´s approval
3- Send it to the Constitutional Court, which is a gamble. Know one can predict what those judges will decide. Should they pronounce that the bill violates the constitution then it can still be reapproved by the Parliament but going against this Court´s decision is always seen as something polemic and frowned upon by the public opinion and political elite alike.
There is also the threat posed by the referendum proposers (pro lifers trying to turn things in their favour), who are already collecting signatures in order to sign a referendum petition. They need 60k people signing the petiton, but it has to be approved by the Parliament.
I think things in Spain are a bit easier as the parties that oppose euthanasia are weakened and the Spanish people are generally in favour of physician assisted dying.
The Laws are highly restrictive and only people with Serious, Uncurable, Severely Painful, Continuous diseases, without treatment alternatives may ask to be euthanised.
It´s also forbidden to allow mental health and demented individuals to start the process.
For people like us it doesn´t mean anything, but what if out of a sudden 2 Historically Catholic, South European Union countries legalize euthanasia and it sends waves to other countries like the UK, France, Germany, etc?
For countries such as this 2 it´s a tremendous change and a lot of Pro lifers are fuming right now.
I will definately keep an eye out.
