Source: Uruguay legalises euthanasia – BBC News
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide.
The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 legislators present voting in favour.
The bill allows mentally sound adults in the terminal stage of an irreversible disease to choose euthanasia to be performed by a healthcare professional.
Uruguay has a history of passing socially liberal laws, legalising marijuana, same-sex marriage and abortion long before many others.
While the 10-hour debate was mostly respectful, some onlookers watching the debate cried out “murderers” after the bill passed.
