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At the Assembly, a controversial mission on the end of life

2023-01-11T18:57:08.570Z


Deputy Olivier Falorni, who chairs it, is an ardent supporter of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Evaluating end-of-life legislation or preparing the ground for legalizing active assistance in dying? Thursday, the evaluation mission of the law of February 2, 2016 called "Claeys-Leonetti" begins its work. The choice to give the presidency to the deputy Olivier Falorni (MoDem), an ardent militant of euthanasia and assisted suicide, has already aroused strong criticism. “It amounts to entrusting


Evaluating end-of-life legislation or preparing the ground for legalizing active assistance in dying?

Thursday, the evaluation mission of the law of February 2, 2016 called "Claeys-Leonetti" begins its work.

The choice to give the presidency to the deputy Olivier Falorni (MoDem), an ardent militant of euthanasia and assisted suicide, has already aroused strong criticism.

“It amounts to entrusting an arsonist with the head of an investigation into a fire,

annoys Jean-Marie Gomas, doctor and co-founder of the French Society for Support and Palliative Care (Sfap).

We are very worried because Olivier Falorni has repeatedly shown his total ignorance of palliative care.

“Did you say balance, openness, objectivity?

Did you say peaceful debate?

»

, ironically for its part the association Alliance Vita, opposed to euthanasia.

It must be said that in 2021, the examination of Olivier Falorni's text

“giving the right to a free and chosen end of life”

, to the National Assembly had…

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Source: lefigaro

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