With France now joining just five other EU countries that permit assisted dying, millions of Europeans still face radically different choices over how they can end unbearable suffering, depending purely on which border they live behind.
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Yesterday, the French National Assembly gave its final approval to the country’s assisted dying law. France now joins five other European countries that already allow the practice.
So, is this a growing trend across Europe?
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