Green light of the Chamber of the Chamber to the article 2 of the bill on the end of life. The votes in favor are 223, the votes against 168. Article two of the bill on the end of life is one of the architraves of the entire text as it defines the contents of the law itself.
Article two just voted in the House provides that “by medically assisted voluntary death is meant the death caused by an autonomous act by which, as a result of the path governed by the provisions of this law, one’s life is terminated voluntarily, dignified and aware, with the support and under the control of the National Health Service, in accordance with the procedures provided for in Articles 4 and 5. This act “, reads the text of the article,” must be the result of a current, free and aware of a subject fully capable of understanding and willing. The structures of the National Health Service operate in compliance with the following fundamental principles: protection of the dignity and autonomy of the patient; protection of the quality of life until its end; adequate health, psychological and social assistance support for the sick person and the family “.