Portuguese parliament legalises euthanasia after long battle
by AFP in Lisbon from on (#6BQ3C)
Decision to allow medically assisted dying has divided the deeply Catholic country
After a long battle, Portugal passed a law on Friday legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases, joining just a handful of countries around the world.
The issue has divided the deeply Catholic country and was strongly opposed by conservative president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a devout churchgoer.
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