The Portuguese Parliament approves a reformulated euthanasia law allowing the termination of a person's life with the help of a doctor for the terminally ill and seriously injured.

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The revised bill clarified the "

The new version of the bill states that euthanasia is possible in cases of "

The bill is yet to be signed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a devout Catholic who had serious reservations about the bill and who sent the bill to the Constitutional Court..

Portugal becomes the fifth EU country to legalize euthanasia. So far, euthanasia has been legal in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Canada..