The state of French politics has helped defeat an end-of-life bill in their Senate that would have allowed doctors to euthanize patients. The bill was essentially allowed to die in the Senate after it had passed the National Assembly. Unfortunately, the euthanizers still have hope of bringing the bill back to the Senate if the National Assembly can fix the concern by some that, as written, it was too permissive.
France Senate Kills Horrible Euthanasia Bill – Life News
I have great news. The political deadlock in France has resulted in France’s euthanasia bill, that had passed in the French National Assembly on May 27, 2025 was essentially rejected by the French Senate on January 21, 2026.
Thomas Mangin reported for Euroactiv on January 21 that:
France’s end-of-life bill has become mired in political deadlock, exposing deep ideological divisions over whether doctors should be allowed to provide patients with the means to end their lives, or assist them in doing so.
The impasse deepened on Wednesday evening, when the French Senate rejected Article 4 of the bill, which sought to define the conditions under which patients could access medical aid in dying. In an unusual alignment, conservatives and socialists voted together, albeit for sharply different reasons.