Author of French "Right to Die" Law Opposes Efforts to Legalize Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The author of France's "right to die" law, physician and parliamentarian Jean Lonetti, has denounced the clamor to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in a new book, noting that most people seek to end their lives due to untreated pain and isolation. The solution, he suggests, is to properly resolve the causes of the patient's existential distress, rather than to assist in his death.
The book, "At the Light of Dusk: Accounts and Impressions of the End of Life," argues that recent high-profile cases of individuals seeking assisted suicide have been distorted by the French media, provoking new demands for legalizing the practice.
The work contains an anthology of accounts of individuals who confront terrible loneliness and suffering at the end of life, and are tempted to commit suicide. |
December 2, 2008
Opposition to Efforts to Legalize Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
