.- The Socialist party’s candidate for Spain’s upcoming presidential elections on Nov. 20. has stated that if elected, his first act would be to pass a law legalizing euthanasia.
“Since the ‘death with dignity’ law is not going to be processed, I am announcing that if Spaniards give me their trust it will be the first law I will sign,” Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba told reporters during a Aug. 22 briefing.
The administration of Spain’s current president, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, approved a measure last May that would have legalized euthanasia. In June it was sent to the Spanish parliament but has yet to be put to a vote.
