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The Philippine Senate is considering a controversial bill that could make the staunchly Catholic country the first in the world to legalise euthanasia.
The bill-part of a 16 point bill of patients' rights-has already undergone its first reading, and the second reading will start after the Senate session resumes in late July. It must pass three readings with a two thirds majority and then be ratified by President Fidel Ramos before it can be incorporated into law.
Senate health committee secretary John Basa said: "It is proposing the legalisation of passive, rather than active, euthanasia-but obviously it is...