Daily Mail New
By EMILY JANE DAVIES
PUBLISHED: 13:43 EDT, 10 March 2024 | UPDATED: 19:07 EDT, 10 March 2024
Emmanuel Macron has announced a bill allowing ‘assisted dying’ under ‘strict conditions’ to be presented to the Council of Ministers in April.
The French President said today that adults suffering from an ‘incurable illness’ will be able to ask for help to die.
Speaking to French daily newspapers Libération and La Croix, the head of state said a lethal substance can be prescribed to a patient if they request it under specific conditions.