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Other jurisdictions, such as Oregon, have no explicit pregnancy exclusion in assisted dying laws, but advance directives and living wills often include them. Luxembourg, Spain, Colombia, New Zealand and Australia have very similar policies to Belgium and the Netherlands, where euthanasia laws prioritise foetal viability, requiring feticide or outright refusal. Colombia’s constitutional court ruling of 1997 protects life in formation, barring prenatal euthanasia without termination. These are really important things that we need to have much more clarity on.