Ana Estrada fought successfully in court to obtain the right to decide when to end her life with the help of medical professionals.
A Peruvian psychologist who suffered from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles and had her confined to her bed for several years died by euthanasia, becoming the first person in the country to obtain the right to die with medical assistance, her lawyer said Monday.
Ana Estrada fought for years in Peruvian courts for the right to die with dignity, and became a celebrity in the conservative country where euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal.
In 2022, Estrada was granted an exception by the nation’s Supreme Court, which upheld a ruling by a lower court that gave Estrada the right to decide when to end her life, and said that those who helped her would not be punished. Estrada became the first person to obtain the right to die with medical assistance in Peru.
“Ana’s struggle for her right to die with dignity has helped to educate thousands of Peruvians about this right and the importance of defending it,” her lawyer, Josefina Miró Quesada, said in a statement. “Her struggle transcended our nation’s borders.”
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The problem is “who decides.” In a perfect world, the patient would always be of sound mind, and the patient would always decide. But then who decides if the patient is of sound mind?
There should be barrier to entry, but not a complete ban.
This is absolutely true, but that barrier to entry is always going to exclude some people who arguably should not be excluded. There will always be dissatisfaction, and there will always be complaints like yours.
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Forcing someone other than yourself to suffer because of your morals is sociopathic.
An accurate description of conservatives who will, Im very sure of that, fight to never make this a reality in other parts of the world.
Just look at abortion or trans-rights to get peek into the right-wings barely functional mind on these topics. This will be all the same again, because they just hate you.
The thing is, it can and will be abused either way it goes, and keeping people alive has more benefit so far than killing them or letting them die…
The thing is, it can and will be abused either way
So you are in favour of banning cars, guns, alcohol, knives, hammers, axes, all the strong painkillers, rope, and all the other things I can think of that have been abused causing death?
Not at all, I’m for basically no restrictions on those items you mentioned.
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I hope euthenasia for people who want it becomes legal everywhere so people can die without resorting to painfull methods . No one accidentally or in a whim decides to die so it is more human to let them die painlessly , quickly and with dignity instead of getting splattered by jumping from building , brain blown out etc .
I am so glad she’s dead. It might be helpful to think about the fact that she would agree with me.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian psychologist who suffered from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles and had her confined to her bed for several years died by euthanasia, becoming the first person in the country to obtain the right to die with medical assistance, her lawyer said Monday.
Ana Estrada fought for years in Peruvian courts for the right to die with dignity, and became a celebrity in the conservative country where euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal.
She began to present the first symptoms as a teenager and started to use a wheelchair at the age of 20 because she had lost the strength to walk.
And even though she could not type, Estrada used transcription software to produce a blog called “Ana for a death with dignity,” where she discussed her struggles and her decision to seek euthanasia.
Some U.S. states including Maine and Oregon allow physician-assisted suicide, where a doctor provides a terminally ill patient with the means to end life.
Euthanasia is illegal in most Latin American countries except for Colombia, which legalized it in 2015, and Ecuador, which decriminalized the practice in February.
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Who amongst us hasn’t had a psychologist kill themselves after you talk to them for a few years
Poor taste.
