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.