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Colombian Senate approves regulation of euthanasia .
Source: Colombia Reports
Colombian Senate approves regulation of euthanasia .
Thursday, 09 August 2012 14:54 Joey O'Gorman
A Colombian Senate commission on Thursday approved the regulation of euthanasia 15 years after its decriminalization.
The bill was passed by 11 votes to 5.
Coalition U Party Senator Armando Benedetti introduced the initiative which has been debated in Congress since Tuesday.
Euthanasia was decriminalized in Colombia in 1997 but proper regulation has not been introduced until now.
Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/25483-colombian-senate-approves-regulation-of-euthanasia.html