Tuscany approved on Tuesday a right-to-die law, becoming the first region in Roman Catholic Italy to regulate assisted suicide in the absence of national legislation on a highly controversial topic. Italy's constitutional court de-facto legalised the procedure in 2019,

Tuscany on Tuesday approved a law regulating medically assisted suicide, the first region to approve a right-to-die legislation in Roman Catholic Italy after the constitutional court effectively legalized the procedure in 2019.

Tuscany on Tuesday became the first Italian region to approve a law granting access to assisted suicide. The Tuscan regional council greenlit a bill proposed by the Luca Coscioni right to die association with over 10,