"But the new vote was called after a civil group, backed by the Catholic Church and the conservative parliamentary opposition, gathered more than the 40,000 signatures required for a repeat. Ales Primc, head of Voice for the Children and the Family, the NGO that organised the no vote campaign, reacted to the results, saying solidarity and justice had won. We are witnessing a miracle. The culture of life has defeated the cult of death, Primc said after the vote."
"Under the disputed law, terminally ill patients would have had the right to aid in dying if their suffering was unbearable and all treatment options had been exhausted. It would also have allowed for assisted dying if treatment offers had no reasonable prospect of recovery or improvement in the patient's condition, but not to end unbearable suffering from mental illness."
Slovenian voters rejected a law that would have legalised assisted dying for terminally ill adults, with about 53 percent voting against. Turnout reached 40.9 percent, meeting the threshold required to validate the referendum and suspending the law's implementation for at least one year. Parliament had approved the law in July after an earlier 2024 referendum supported it, but a civil group backed by the Catholic Church and conservative opposition collected enough signatures to force a repeat vote. The law would have allowed aid in dying when suffering was unbearable or when treatment offered no reasonable prospect of recovery, excluding cases of mental illness. Supporters framed the change as enabling personal dignity in end-of-life decisions, while opponents invoked religious and moral objections.
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