Overview
- Activist Samara Martínez, joined by lawmakers from PRI, Morena, and Movimiento Ciudadano, submitted the 'Ley Trasciende' to both chambers and delivered roughly 130,000 supporting signatures.
- The proposal seeks constitutional, health law, and penal code changes to allow medically assisted death and to prevent criminal prosecution of those who choose it.
- Supporters also call for stronger advance directives and universal access to palliative care, addressing a gap in state laws that permit refusing treatment but not active euthanasia.
- Sponsors requested referral to the Health, Constitutional Points, and Human Rights committees with an open hearing process, and the Health Ministry has been informed.
- Political discussion is underway, including a call from MC deputy Marco Gama to avoid criminalization, as Uruguay’s new euthanasia law is cited as a regional reference.