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Spanish woman, 25, dies by legal euthanasia in case that drew national spotlight
The court said the 2021 euthanasia law still applied after judges found she met the medical criteria, with 1,123 people receiving assisted dying through 2024.
- On Thursday, March 26, 2026, 25-year-old Noelia Castillo Ramos underwent euthanasia in Barcelona after Spain's Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights confirmed she met all legal and medical criteria for assisted death.
- Ramos' condition stemmed from a 2022 suicide attempt following a brutal gang rape while in state-supervised care, injuries that left her paraplegic and prompted her request under Spain's 2021 Organic Law on the Regulation of Euthanasia.
- Her father, supported by the Christian Lawyers Foundation, challenged her request arguing she lacked mental clarity; courts affirmed Noelia possessed "full capacity to decide" and found "no violation of fundamental rights."
- Despite her disagreement, mother Yolanda Ramos told media, "I do not agree, but I will always be by her side," while Noelia expressed in a final interview she simply wanted to "leave in peace."
- This case has reignited national debate in Spain over euthanasia and autonomy, with conservative critics arguing the state failed to protect vulnerable youth, while supporters view the rulings as validating patient choice.
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