Italy’s first assisted suicide exposes years of political inaction.
12 June 2025
Tuscany carried out its first assisted suicide on Wednesday, a landmark moment in Italy, where the right to die has been technically legal since 2019 but never translated into national legislation.
It defies a national legal vacuum as Meloni’s government pushes a bill that sidesteps regulation of the right to die.
It defies a national legal vacuum as Meloni’s government pushes a bill that sidesteps regulation of the right to die.