Anonymous3 days ago
On March 26, 2026, Noelia Castillo Ramos, a 25-year-old Spanish woman left paralyzed after a suicide attempt following sexual assault, died by euthanasia in Barcelona after an 18-month legal battle in which her father, backed by the ultraconservative Christian Lawyers Association, challenged her right to die through five levels of courts including the European Court of Human Rights. The case — Spain's first judicial escalation of a euthanasia authorization — has intensified debate over patient autonomy, psychiatric capacity assessment in young adults, and the limits of third-party standing under Spain's 2021 euthanasia law.