French Senate rejects assisted dying bill again; Republicans leader calls for referendum.
The French Senate has rejected an assisted dying bill for a second time, with Republicans leader Bruno Retailleau calling for a national referendum on the issue, which he described as a "very serious anthropological question." The Macron government is reportedly pushing for the bill's adoption before the July recess.
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