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Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalising euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.
It makes Uruguay the first country in predominantly Catholic Latin America to allow euthanasia via legislation.
The legislation permits euthanasia, performed by a healthcare professional, but not assisted suicide, which involves a patient self-administering a lethal dose of prescribed medication.
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