Catherine Vautrin will “complete” the textual content to outline the “advanced phase” and restore the 48 -hour reflection interval | EUROtoday

The authorities desires “Complete” The drafting of the textual content on the help to die for much more supervised entry, by extra strictly defining the suitable of enchantment by sufferers in “advanced phase” and restoring the interval of reflection of 48 hours, introduced, Sunday May 11, the Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin.

On this delicate topic of the top of life, “There is a strong expectation of the French, but it must be strictly supervised. The path is narrow and I am looking for a balance between those who would like to go much further and those who believe that the current framework is sufficient ”underlines the minister searching for“A balance” on this textual content, in an interview with Parisianrevealed on the eve of the launch of debates within the hemicycle of the National Assembly.

“These are not thousands of cases, these are specific situations”argues the minister, additionally guaranteeing that “It is not a legalization of euthanasia”. As it stands, the textual content out of the Social Affairs Committee intends to permit sufferers with a “Serious and incurable affection” Who “Surges the vital prognosis, in advanced or terminal phase” and not supporting their struggling, to obtain or administer a deadly substance.

” I [le] Complete with the recent recommendations of the High Authority for Health (HAS) so that access to help to die is very supervised. The government will deposit an amendment to define the “advanced phase”, namely “entering an irreversible process marked by the worsening of the state of health which affects the quality of life” ”said the minister.

Divisions within the government

As “Discernment is totally main”she will also deposit “On behalf of the federal government an modification to revive the incompressible reflection interval of 48 hours from the settlement of docs”.

On product injection, “The affected person should administer the deadly substance, this have to be the rule”insists the minister, and “The realization by a well being skilled would be the exception, even when there’ll at all times be the presence of a caregiver within the occasion of self -administration”.

Catherine Vautrin, that her “Life experiences (…) have modified “ on the subject, in particular due to the Charcot disease of one of his relatives, does not give “No directions” voting, but hopes “An enlightened consensus round a balanced textual content”.

As for whether this reform, which divides up to the government and has continued to be delayed, will be adopted before the end of the five -year term, the minister wants to be “Extremely cautious” But judge that “It could be factor”.

The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, from the ranks of the Republicans, denounced this text on Saturday, while the singer Line Renaud and the former Macronist Minister, Gabriel Attal, co-signed a tribune the defending.