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"End of Life: The Great Misunderstanding"

2022-12-08T18:53:18.942Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Laurence de Charette. Emmanuel Macron is right: death is an “intimidating” question. No “national convention”, be it citizen, no committee, however “ethical” it may be, will be enough to deal with it. Comments, opinions, petitions have been pouring in since the president reiterated his intention to open the debate. Proponents of euthanasia rejoice in the possible advent of a new "right", that of dying when you want, as


Emmanuel Macron is right: death is an “intimidating” question.

No “national convention”, be it citizen, no committee, however “ethical” it may be, will be enough to deal with it.

Comments, opinions, petitions have been pouring in since the president reiterated his intention to open the debate.

Proponents of euthanasia rejoice in the possible advent of a new "right", that of dying when you want, as you want, and put forward a conception of human "dignity" that religions, in particular, challenge them: does the beating heart of humanity really lie in the state of the body or the performance of the brain?

Doctors on all sides are worried about an upheaval in their practices and in the spirit that inhabits the very mission of care.

The "ordinary person" also torments himself, for himself and for his loved ones,

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Source: lefigaro

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