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Spain MPs pass law legalising euthanasia, assisted suicide

AFP, 18 Mar 2021
Spain's parliament votes through a law legalising euthanasia becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. The vote, which passed by 202 in favour and 141 against and two abstentions in the 350-seat chamber, makes Spain the fourth European nation to decriminalise assisted suicide, alongside the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

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