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Slovenian MPs vote to legalize assisted dying

Treatment options will have to be exhausted, and the right to assisted dying will not be available in the case of unbearable suffering resulting from mental illness. Photo: Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday RM via Getty Images
Treatment options will have to be exhausted, and the right to assisted dying will not be available in the case of unbearable suffering resulting from mental illness. Photo: Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Opponents of the move are calling for a referendum on the new law.