Italy to Allow Living Wills and the Refusal of End-of-Life Care<br />This law was the result of grass-roots lobbying, "otherwise we would have never made it to the end," said Donata Lenzi, the lower house lawmaker who sponsored the bill through<br />that chamber earlier this year, speaking to a small group of the law’s supporters who had gathered to celebrate in front of the Italian Parliament on Thursday morning.<br />For many right-to-die advocates, the living will law is a starting point for the infinitely tougher battle to allow terminally<br />ill Italians to end their lives at home with medical support, rather than having to travel to countries where it is allowed.<br />14, 2017<br />ROME — Italian lawmakers on Thursday passed a law allowing adults to decide, in concordance with their<br />doctors, their end-of-life medical care, including the terms under which they can refuse treatment.<br />" Ms. Lenzi said. that This law does not take anything away from any ill person, this law gives,<br />It has been a long series of "legal battles and suffering and then decisions<br />that gave back the power to decide over one’s own life," Ms. Gallo told supporters on Thursday.
