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Article: France to consider legislation to allow terminally ill patients the right to die
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- August 27, 2004
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AP Worldstream
08-27-2004
Dateline: PARIS
France's health minister has reopened the heated debate on euthanasia, saying in an interview published Friday the terminally ill should have "the right to die in dignity."
Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy ruled out legalization of euthanasia but said French laws governing "end-of-life" care needed to be modified for patients facing imminent death.
The National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament, will examine legislation before the end of the year that redefines the options for terminally ill patients, the minister said.
"With this law, the terminally ill will be able to choose to die," Douste-Blazy said. "The law will institute the ...