Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion
Dr. L?opold Vanbellingen:
The loss of autonomy is being quoted by the commission to justify that the person who suffers from polypathologies has psychological suffering. The feeling that there is a loss of autonomy is considered as one of the reasons euthanasia could be accepted in Belgium. I do not know if that is clear.