The candidate of Citizen movement to the Head of Government to Mexico City, Solomon Chertorivskythis in favor of euthanasia. In case of winning the 2024 elections in CDMX next Sunday, June 2he assures, will promote legislation on the subject.
This was stated by the Citizen Movement candidate for Head of Government of CDMX in interview with The financialprior to his participation in the second chilango debatewhich is part of the 2024 elections in CDMX.
As part of your health model ―which contemplates the prevention of diseases with the creation of the healthy living booklet, so that residents of the capital know when they should go to the doctor when they do not have diseases—the former Secretary of Health (2011-2012) explained his project.
“With my health model there will be the possibility of dignified death, That is to say, for many people you will be able to prevent, for many you will cure, but there will also be people who will have an incurable terminal illness, unbearable pain and for them, for them, There has to be a possible way out with a dignified death without pain.”said the candidate.
According to candidate for Head of Government of CDMXif you are the winner in the elections 2024, will propose legislation on the subject. “We are going to legislate it and we are going to do it well in Mexico City. The advance directive is not enough, palliative care is essential, but it is not enough, we are talking about of euthanasia”said Chertorivski.
Although he recognized that this is a controversial issue, the Citizen Movement candidate explained that in an avant-garde city, like the Mexican capital, the legalization of euthanasia “well cared for and well done” is essential.
“It is essential, you just have to be in contact with the people who have lived a situation of unbearable pain and that there is no way to medically correct that pain. The power option end life with dignity. It shouldn’t be a possibility. I want it for myself, that is, in a modern city, that has to be a possibility. It is established in the policy with many regulations, with many barriers to entry, it is not that a person with depression can request it. It is a process for those who are in very specific conditions,” he explained. the MC candidate.
What is euthanasia?
Euthanasia comes from the greek words “eu”, good and “thanatos” what does death meanwhich translates as “good death.”
Euthanasia is defined as “the behavior intentionally aimed at ending life of a person who has a serious and irreversible diseaseout of compassion or for medical reasons”, where a health professional helps a patient die when their body no longer responds to treatment or there is no cure, details the Salvador National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition.
This is an exceptional action that is considered once all possible forms of help have been exhausted to prevent the suffering of a sick person, explains the National Bioethics Commission.
What is the difference between euthanasia and advance directive?
Advance will is legal in Mexico City since 2008 and consists of the right of a person to anticipate and plan treatment and the care that a patient wishes to receive or refuse at the end of their life.
Unlike euthanasia, the advance directive regulates orthothanasiawhich respects the natural moment of death and focuses on the care and palliative care of a terminal patient at the end of life.
Orthothanasia is issued through a document signed before a notary public “in which a person with the capacity to exercise and in full use of their mental facultiesexpresses the free requestconscious, serious, unequivocal and repeated whether or not to be subjected to medical means, treatments or procedures that promote the Therapeutic Obstinacy“, states Article 3, Section III of the Advance Directive Law for the Federal District.
At the conference at UNAM I explained the strategies that this city needs to boost investment, support entrepreneurs and generate more jobs. This city deserves an intelligent government that does support the young people of Chilangos. pic.twitter.com/Lbm5w8QTcK
— Solomon Chertorivski (@Chertorivski) April 11, 2024
What countries have legalized euthanasia?
Currently, euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain and Netherlands, which was the first nation to approve the procedure in 2002.
Although there is no legislation in Colombia, starting in 1997 it was decriminalized and the Constitutional Court of that country made the Ministry of Health regulate the right to a dignified death in 2014, details the Gazette of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
In the United States, the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and Washington and the District of Columbia also have legislation on euthanasia, according to the BBC.
