A bill on living wills will hit the
floor of the Lower House on March 13, House whips decided
Wednesday.
Parliament's long failure to legislate on end-of-life issues
was highlighted this week by the assisted suicides in
Switzerland of a 40-year-old former DJ left blind and
tetraplegic by a 2014 car crash and of a cancer-suffering
pensioner from Veneto.
Right-to-die activist Marco Cappato is under investigation in
Milan for aiding the suicide on Monday of DJ Fabo, sources said
Wednesday.
The investigation was opened after former MEP Cappato
reported himself to Carabinieri police on Tuesday.
The Radical Party member, who risks up to 12 years in jail,
has said he hopes to face a trial as he bids to "get the State
to assume its responsibilities".
Cappato has said his association is helping "at least" two
other Italians who are planning to die in the Dignitas Clinic in
Zurich.
A bill on end-of-life issues has been bogged down in the
Lower House.
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