Luxembourg Passes Euthanasia Bill


	Luxembourg Passes Euthanasia Bill
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2-26-2008 7:20 AM
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<FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="BLACK"><B>Luxembourg parliament passes euthanasia bill</B></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">The <A href="http://www.chd.lu/default.jsp" target="_blank">Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">narrowly passed a <A href="http://www.chd.lu/docs/pdf/PR4909.pdf" target="_blank">bill legalizing euthanasia</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php"> in a move that could make Luxembourg the third European Union country to allow the controversial practice. Before it can take effect, the bill still has to be approved in a second reading. Provisions in the bill require that <A href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/jurist_search.php?q=euthanasia">euthanasia</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">be strictly regulated but allow that it can be requested in a living will. Doctors must also determine that a person is suffering from a "grave and incurable" condition before it can be considered as an option.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">The <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1904789.stm" target="_blank">Netherlands</A> [BBC report] legalized euthanasia in 2001 and <A href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/02/belgium-euthanasia-cases-double-since.php">Belgium</A> [JURIST report] followed suit in 2002. In February 2007, the <A href="http://www.bger.ch/" target="_blank">Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland</A> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">ruled that people with serious mental illnesses <A href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/02/swiss-court-extends-physician-assisted.php">may be permitted to commit physician-assisted suicide</A> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">under certain conditions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/luxembourg-parliament-passes-euthanasia.php">A proposed bill that would legalize assisted suicide in the United Kingdom was <A href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/uk-lords-put-aside-controversial.php">set aside by the House of Lords</A> in May 2007 </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/44AB1482-8B37-4EB4-9AAF-915181EAAE79/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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