On June 30, 2026, the National Assembly adopted the final text on assisted dying. A historic vote, fragile in its legal foundations, heavy with consequences for the Church and Catholic caregivers.
yesterday 9 5
Solemn vote set for June 30. The Haute Autorité de santé already lists lethal substances. The Little Sisters of the Poor threaten to close their homes. Isabelle de Franclieu analyzes this pivotal week—and what the Church must say and do.
Jun 29, 2026 8 10
The solemn vote is scheduled for June 30. As MPs prepare to decide, doctors and the Church express the same truth that the law refuses to hear: palliative care and assisted dying are irreducibly incompatible.
Jun 28, 2026 8 9
With forty-eight hours to go before the solemn vote, the so-called end-of-life assistance law crosses an unprecedented threshold: healthcare establishments—including Catholic ones—will no longer be able to collectively refuse to perform the lethal act on their patients. Institutional freedom of conscience is abolished.
Jun 28, 2026 12 7
The text is locked, unamended, and the solemn vote is scheduled for June 30. The demonstration on June 28 at Place Fontenoy is the last public opportunity for Catholics, caregivers, and families to make their voices heard.
Jun 27, 2026 10 5
Four days before the solemn vote on June 30, Catholic and pro-life France is mobilizing at Place Fontenoy while the National Assembly prepares to enshrine in law a right to die, which Guillaume Bernard analyzes as the poisoned fruit of the ideology of human rights.
Jun 26, 2026 9 0
As the final vote in the National Assembly looms, the Archbishop of Marseille speaks out clearly. Citizen mobilization, legislative paradoxes, and healthcare workers' resistance: the moment of choice has arrived.
Jun 25, 2026 9 1
The motion of rejection failed. The National Assembly is nearing the vote on the "aid in dying" bill. However, by excluding doctors from the lethal act, MPs have themselves acknowledged the irreconcilable contradiction in their proposal. Isabelle de Franclieu analyzes the mechanics of a text that undermines itself through its own logic.
Jun 24, 2026 9 5
The motion of rejection has been dismissed. The National Assembly is preparing to vote on the legalization of assisted dying. François Bayrou expresses reservations without committing. Healthcare workers and families are taking to the streets. Isabelle de Franclieu analyzes the decisive moment for the nation's conscience.
Jun 23, 2026 5 3
The French Society for Palliative Care and Support has officially taken a stand against the text. Alongside caregivers, it is the very heart of medicine that resists the Falorni law.
Jun 23, 2026 5 3
