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The article examines an approach to legalising assisted dying proposed in France. The use of human rights documents to legalise assisted dying in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain is discussed. The duty-based approach to legalising euthanasia in the Netherlands is tackled. The Comité Consultatif National d'Éthique (CCNE) in France proposed to allow euthanasia based on compassion and human solidarity, the strengths and weaknesses of this approach are explored.

Discusses the issue of wrongful life claims in a case involving Nicolas Perruche, a 17 year-old boy suffering from congenital rubella syndrome, in France. Facts of the case; Decision of the Assemblée Plénière of the Cour de Cassation for Perruche to recover damages against the doctor and the laboratory who had negligently advised his mother that she was not infected with rubella while she was pregnant; Focus of the case on the issue of 'wrongful life'; Arguments involved in the case.