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France’s Constitutional Council upholds the right to assisted dying
France’s Constitutional Council upheld the law creating a right to assisted dying on August 14, 2026. According to Le Monde, the ruling protects a patient’s “personal freedom” to request the administration of a lethal substance after receiving a doctor’s approval. Private and nonprofit facilities, including Catholic institutions, are exempt from having to allow the procedure on their premises under a conscience clause. The Council upheld the law subject to three reservations, whose precise content was not detailed in the available information.