France’s parliament has voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for euthanasia and assisted dying under what campaigners say would still be some of the strictest conditions in Europe.

After a sometimes emotional session, deputies passed the first reading of the bill by a vote of 305 to 199. They also unanimously backed a less contentious law establishing a right to palliative care in specialist end-of-life institutions.

Both votes are the start of a long parliamentary process that will require the bills to move on to the Senate – the upper house – and then back to the lower house – the National Assembly – for a second reading, meaning they are unlikely to become law before next year.

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    If you see letting people die as a way to save money it can become a problem quite fast. Think about elderly people in a care facility, wouldn’t it be nice if they simply decided to die as soon as the care for them becomes too expensive?

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      You can support their decision making by evicting them once they are out of money. There is no need for social security money once people have other options.

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        Or just by making pain meds not covered by insurance, world can be made evil so easily