{"id":10498,"date":"2021-01-30T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10498"},"modified":"2021-02-20T18:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T02:49:00","slug":"portuguese-parliament-approves-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10498","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Parliament approves euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Siasat Daily<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IANS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisbon, Jan 30 : The Portuguese Parliament has approved the legalisation of euthanasia \u201cpracticed or helped by health professionals\u201d in the country with 136 votes of deputies in favour and 78 against, in addition to four abstentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the bill approved on Friday, a person aged over 18 can be medically assisted in death \u201cwhose will is current and reiterated, serious, free and enlightened, in a situation of intolerable suffering, with a definite injury of extreme severity in accordance with scientific consensus or incurable and fatal disease\u201d, reports Xinhua news agency. . . 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