After weeks of bickering, the Dutch upper house passed legislation that gives the Netherlands the industrialised world's most liberal euthanasia policy, AP reports from The Hague. The legislation sets a reporting requirement and guidelines that, if followed, would give doctors immunity from prosecution.
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