A public petition for the decriminalisation of assisted suicide is to be delivered to Parliament later this month for an open debate on whether to change the current laws.
The petition to enable those that wish to ‘die with dignity’ has more than eight thousand signature so has to be discussed by MPs.
The document will be delivered by hand on the 26th of April to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, according to João Semedo one of the proponents and former Left Bloc activist.
The movement to allow assisted suicide in Portugal includes politicians of various hues, doctors, scientists and artists as well as thousands of citizens. The former Justice Minister, Paula Teixeira da Cruz, is among those who have been pleased to let it be known that the law needs changing to offer some dignity in death.
