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Slovenia rejects assisted dying law for terminally ill patients

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The vote's outcome means that the existing law is now suspended.

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  • Slovenians rejected a law in a referendum that would have allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives.
  • Preliminary results showed about 54% voted against the law, while 46% supported it. 8s
  • The law proposed granting mentally competent people with no chance of recovery or facing unbearable pain the right to assisted dying. 15s
  • Opponents included conservative groups, activists, some doctors, associations, and the Catholic Church. 24s
  • The referendum result suspends an existing law on assisted dying passed by Parliament in July. 47s
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