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More than half a hundred university professors and lawyers filed a complaint against euthanasia before the Spanish courts, following the example of the manifesto delivered by Portuguese colleagues in the Assembly of the Republic.
As happened in Portugal in June, a wide range of Spanish academics -162, of whom 82 are university professors- signed a petition in defense of the repeal of the draft laws regulating the legalization of euthanasia, which is they have been arguing in the courts since February Spanish and have already been approved in general.
José Luis Martínez López-Muñiz, professor at the University of Valladolid, even underlined the importance of the manifesto presented in the Assembly of the Republic by Portuguese professors, noting it as “a great stimulus” for the Spanish initiative, which brings together the signatures of several academics. , Spanish lawyers, jurists and conservatives.
The Jurists Against Euthanasia petition was presented in the last 7 days and demands the withdrawal of the proposals that legalize assisted death on the grounds that they are unconstitutional. Since the petition was announced, the number of subscribers to the manifesto has risen to 250.
The petitioners consider that the proposal to regulate euthanasia constitutes a serious threat to the safety of patients and the elderly, who have been suffering even more from the effects of the pandemic.
Spanish jurists also add that the law is contrary to human dignity and international human rights, which are fundamental to Spanish civilization.
The Spanish petition was inspired by the Portuguese initiative of June this year, which collected the signatures of several jurists, such as Jorge Miranda or Fausto de Quadros. Experts consider the bills to legalize euthanasia unconstitutional for violating “in flagrant terms” the first fundamental right of the Constitution: the right to life.
Parliament debate referendum
The Assembly of the Republic will debate this Thursday the holding of a referendum on the decriminalization of assisted death. The initiative, promoted by a group of citizens against euthanasia, gathered more than 95 thousand signatures (60 thousand are needed), but it will hardly be successful.
In February, when the bill that decriminalizes euthanasia in Portugal was discussed and approved, the PS guaranteed that it would not allow any type of subsequent referendum that would change the vote of the majority of deputies. BE and PCP also spoke out against the popular consultation on this issue.
The Church admits a referendum. The Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP) defended this Monday that a referendum on euthanasia “would be an opportunity” for society to reflect on this issue. CEP spokesman Manuel Barbosa admitted that the Church is “attentive and concerned.”
* edited by Luís Claro
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