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Draft legislation paving the way for assisted suicide for terminally patients will be placed before the French National Assembly in May, President Emmanuel Macron has said in an interview published on Monday. Adults capable of taking decisions with a life-threatening illness over the medium term and whose pain cannot be alleviated will be allowed to request euthanasia, according to the interview published in the Libération and La Croix dailies. They will then receive a response to their request following a delay of at most two weeks, Macron said. Where possible, the patients will be required t…

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