(Mexico News Daily) – The lower house of Mexico’s legislative branch was scheduled to receive on Wednesday a bill to legalize medically assisted suicide, currently prohibited throughout the country.
The legislation before the Chamber of Deputies, dubbed the Ley Trasciende (Transcendence Law), has been promoted by the Dignified Death Now Coalition, which seeks to reform Mexico’s General Health Law on euthanasia in order to “define, recognize and guarantee the constitutional right to a dignified death.”
Activist Samara Martínez, who is living with end-stage renal disease, has been a leading voice in the pro-euthanasia campaign, working alongside the coalition to promote the right to assisted death. CONTINUE