Can parents oppose euthanasia requested by their major daughter when she was granted to her? This is one of the questions to answer the administrative court of Barcelona which looked on Tuesday, March 4, on the case of Noélia, 24, from a quadriplegic since an attempted suicide in 2022, because her parents challenge the choice of their daughter and the Catalan administration who acceded to his request. The 1East August 2024, the father had already managed to suspend in extremis the euthanasia which was to be practiced the next day, alleging that his daughter did not suffer from an incurable disease but of mental disorders.
During the hearing, which was held on Tuesday behind closed doors, the young woman, whose lower limbs are paralyzed due to a medullary lesion, confirmed His wish to die. And she reaffirmed it to journalists present in court, according to the Catalan daily The avant-gardeWhile in his side his mother, who pushed her wheelchair, repeated his opposition to them.
The law of euthanasia regulation, approved in 2021 in Spain, authorizes caregivers to “Put an end to the life of a patient in a deliberate manner, at the request of it”in the case of “Serious, chronic and disabling suffering, or serious and incurable illness, provoking intolerable suffering”. For this, adult patients must request them from their doctor, reaffirm their decision four times during the process – which also imposes a time of reflection of ten days, the positive opinion of different doctors and psychologists as well as that of an independent assessment committee, made up of caregivers and lawyers.
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