<P> Efforts to change government policies on euthanasia of human lives in the 20th and 21st centuries have met limited success in Western countries . Human euthanasia policies have also been developed by a variety of NGOs, most notably medical associations and advocacy organizations . As of March 2018, human euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Colombia, Luxembourg, Canada and India . Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Japan, and in the US states of Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Vermont, Montana, Washington DC, and California . An assisted dying scheme in the Australian state of Victoria will come into effect in mid-2019 . </P> <P> On 9 May 2012, the Argentine Senate turned into law a project that enables to reject treatments that artificially prolong the life of patients with terminal or irreversible symptoms . The consent may be given by the patient or, if not in a position to do so, their relatives or legal representatives . It was promulgated on 24 May 2012 as "Law 26,742". </P>

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