Cuba quietly authorises euthanasia [View all]
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DECEMBER 22, 2023 9:05 PM
A general view of a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba on Dec 21, 2018.
PHOTO: Reuters file
HAVANA Cuba on Friday (Dec 22) became the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to authorise euthanasia, following Colombia.
The Communist-run country's National Assembly passed the measure as part of legislation updating the nation's legal framework for its universal and free healthcare system.
"The right of people to a dignified death is recognised in end-of-life decisions, which may include the limitation of therapeutic effort, continuous or palliative care, and valid procedures that end life," the final draft of the legislation stated.
Euthanasia and medically assisted suicide, opposed by most religions, sparks huge controversy around the world where just a handful of countries allow the practice and some equate it with murder.
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