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Associazione Luca Coscioni takes to the streets to demand that Parliament consider legalising euthanasia

Five years ago, Associazione Luca Coscioni presented a draft law on the legalisation of euthanasia to the Italian Parliament, with the signatures of 67,000 citizens. Currently, 130,000 people support this draft (you...

by Flaminia Delle Cese

Five years ago, Associazione Luca Coscioni presented a draft law on the legalisation of euthanasia to the Italian Parliament, with the signatures of 67,000 citizens. Currently, 130,000 people support this draft (you can sign it here) but Parliament has so far refused to discuss it. For this reason, on 13 September, Associazione Luca Coscioni will rally outside the Chamber of Deputies building to ask Parliamentarians to repeal the existing law on euthanasia, which dates back to 1930 and provides for penalties of up to 12 years in prison for assisted suicide.

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