The Senate approved this Wednesday the “death with dignity” law, which enables euthanasia for people with terminal, incurable and irreversible diseases who express their consent. The norm, promoted by the Frente Amplio and the Colorado Party, was voted by 20 senators of the 31 present, with support from the ruling party.
The senators of the Frente Amplio, of the Colorado Party, voted in favor—including Ope Pasquet, who occupied Robert Silva’s seat, and Heber Duque, Andrés Ojeda’s substitute. Pasquet was a great promoter of the law during the last legislature.
The Coloradoan Pedro Bordaberry and the nationalists Martín Lema and other senators from the National Party spoke out against it.
During the debate, Pasquet described the norm as “liberal and humanist”, while Borbonet (FA) maintained that “it does not obligate anyone, it only offers an alternative.”
On the opposite side, Lema considered that the law comes at an “inopportune” moment after the regulation of palliative care, and Bordaberry questioned its wording and lack of legal review.
