Senate to start examining assisted suicide bill March 26. A proposal presented by Alfredo Bazoli of the centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) is set to come before the Justice and Social Affairs committees.

"I hope for a serious and constructive confrontation that can lead to a noble and shared summary document on a subject that needs an inclusive, sensitive and dialoguing approach," concluded Bazoli. The Constitutional Court's 2019 so-called'Cappatoruling', named afterright-to-die campaigner Marco Cappato, making assisted suicidepermissible in some circumstances.