'You cannot have a good assisted dying law without good palliative care'

France 24 reports that France's long-awaited assisted dying legislation marks a profound shift in how the country approaches end-of-life care. In a Spotlight interview with François Picard, Anne Reynaud, a board member of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity, framed the parliamentary vote not as the end of a debate but as the start of a new ethical and legal era. She called the law meaningful progress while noting it remains more restrictive than the recommendations of France's Citizens' Convention. As Reynaud put it, a good assisted dying law cannot exist without good palliative care alongside it.

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