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Uruguay’s Senate on Wednesday passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, joining the South American nation as one of a handful of other countries where terminally ill patients can legally receive assistance to end their lives.
This makes Uruguay the first country with a Catholic majority. Latin America Allowing euthanasia through law. Colombia And Ecuador This practice has been decriminalized through Supreme Court Decision.
In Chile, leftist President Gabriel Boric recently restarted efforts to approve a long-stalled euthanasia bill in the Senate. In recent years, fierce debate and passionate activism over this practice has engulfed the region.
The legislation, which has advanced the fastest in the past five years, cleared its final hurdle on Wednesday as 20 of 31 senators voted in favor of it.