(ANSA) - Rome, October 18 - Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso has
been requested to use the so-called 'kangaroo' mechanism to cut
through the obstructionism that a bill to regulate living wills
has encountered, sources said Wednesday.
The approval of a kangaroo amendment strikes down all similar
amendments and speeds up debate.
The request was made in letter by Emilia Grazie De Biasi, a
Democratic Party (PD) lawmaker and head of the Upper House's
health committee, after a petition from the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement.
Three thousand amendments have been filed and the bill could
run aground if no way is found to cut through them.
A living will, also called a directive to physicians or
advance directive, is a document that lets people state their
wishes for end-of-life medical care, in case they become unable
to communicate their decisions.
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