China News Service, February 16. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Italy, after deliberation by a collegial panel on the 15th, rejected a referendum on the decriminalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Advocates of a referendum to legalize euthanasia in Italy reportedly collected 750,000 signatures in August 2021, far exceeding the minimum requirement.
Italy's top court, the Constitutional Court, said in a press release that the referendum would not guarantee minimum protections for human life in general, but especially for the weak and vulnerable.
For this reason, the Constitutional Court rejected a referendum on the decriminalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Under current Italian law, anyone who helps another person to commit suicide could be jailed for five to 12 years.
(Ying Yongfeng)