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UNCOVERED: French citizen s convention to consider allowing assisted suicide euthanasia | History Defined

France is considering legislative reforms to allow assisted suicide and euthanasia. © Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP

In a step towards modifying end-of-life laws, the French government is convening a citizen’s convention of 150 randomly chosen people to debate the subject and suggest possible legislative changes.

Modelled on the Citizen’s Climate Convention held in 2019-2020, the end-of-life convention meet from December to March in an effort to answer a specific question posed by the government:

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