The Senate will begin examining a bill on assisted suicide on March when 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.
"On Tuesday March 26, the Senate's Justice and Social Affairscommissions will begin examining the law on assisted suicide, which I signed," announced Bazoli, PD caucus leader in theJustice Committee.
"At last parliament will return to debating a piece of legislation that is necessary and can no longer be postponed, guaranteeing uniformity of treatment and conditions in line with the indications of the Constitutional Court," he continued, referring to the Constitutional Court's 2019 so-called ' Cappatoruling', named afterright-to-die campaigner Marco Cappato, making assisted suicidepermissible in some circumstances.
Since then some regions such as Veneto have introduced regional legislation regulating assisted suicide for citizens living on their territories, while others have not amid ongoing controversy and debate over the issue.
"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.
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