"Noelia Castillo, 25, has struggled with psychiatric illness since she was a teenager and tried to kill herself in October 2022 after being sexually assaulted. The attempt left her in constant pain and using a wheelchair."
"Under the law, anyone of legal age who has a medically certified, serious and incurable illness or a serious, chronic, and disabling condition can apply for euthanasia if they are capable and conscious when they apply."
"The law defines a serious and incurable illness as one that causes constant and unbearable physical or mental suffering without the possibility of relief that the person considers tolerable, with a limited life expectancy, in a context of progressive frailty."
"Earlier this month, after almost two years of legal challenges through regional and national Spanish courts, the European court of human rights rejected Castillo's father's request for euthanasia to be put on hold."
Noelia Castillo, a 25-year-old Spanish woman, is expected to end her life through euthanasia after enduring months of legal challenges. Following a sexual assault that left her paraplegic, she has faced ongoing psychiatric issues and constant pain. Despite opposition from her father and a conservative advocacy group, Castillo secured permission under Spain's euthanasia law, which allows individuals with serious, incurable conditions to apply. The European Court of Human Rights recently rejected her father's request to halt the process, affirming her right to choose.
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