Uruguay legalizes euthanasia

Interim Staff: On Oct. 16, the Uruguay Senate passed a euthanasia law which permits a medical professional to kill an adult patient but does not permit assisted suicide in which a patient self-administers a lethal dose of a deadly medication. The vote was carried 31-20, supported by the governing left-wing coalition government of President Yamandú Orsi. The South American country lower house, […]