Medically assisted death can only occur through euthanasia if assisted suicide is impossible due to the patient's physical disability, according to the new law that was voted on today in parliament.
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The President of the Republic today invoked the guidance of the Constitutional Court (TC) not to accept in his request for preventive review of euthanasia the claim of unconstitutionality made by the regional assemblies of Madeira and the Azores.
The Portuguese Association of Palliative Care (APCP), today stated that the approval of the euthanasia law by parliament, was masking the urgent need to solve the serious problems within the healthcare service, namely people being unable to access the appropriate medical help.