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Euthanasia in Europe: Where is assisted dying legal?

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Portugal's parliament has again voted to decriminalise euthanasia, and France is debating it. How do laws on assisted suicide compare across Europe?

Portugal's parliament voted again on Friday to decriminalise euthanasia, while France launched a citizens' debate on end-of-life care, as both countries consider the legalisation of assisted dying.

A 2016 French law allows doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated before they die, but it stops short of allowing assisted suicide.

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