Bill to regulate euthanasia passes 1st Congressional vote in Colombia .
Bill to regulate euthanasia passes 1st Congressional vote in Colombia .
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:13 Joey O'Gorman
A bill to regulate euthanasia in Colombia on Tuesday passed its first Congressional vote by 10 votes to four.
A commission of Colombian Congress approved the first debate of euthanasia regulation in the country which was passed August 15 years after it was decriminalized.
President of Colombia's Congress Roy Barreras, said at a debate in the plenary of the Senate, that euthanasia should be passive and should not be assisted suicide.
Barreras who is a doctor, said that passive euthanasia, where the patient is disconnected from machines like respirators which are supporting life, is preferable to assisted suicide where a third party is involved in helping the patient to die.
However the Congress president said that "the project is good and necessary," and that he would not attempt to sink the debates as they search modification of the regulations regarding euthanasia.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/26437-bill-to-regulate-euthanasia-passes-1st-congressional-vote-in-colombia.html
