Peru approves first euthanasia, 44-year-old terminally ill woman granted this right

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Peru approves first euthanasia, 44-year-old terminally ill woman granted right, doctor who helped end her life exempt from any punishment
July 16 According to Reuters, Peru's Supreme Court this week confirmed a previous ruling that granted the right to euthanasia for a terminally ill Peruvian woman, Ana Estrada, 44, who has suffered from polymyositis since the age of 12. , she is now almost completely paralyzed, and the right will be enforced within 10 days from the date of her expression of her will to end her life.
Assisting a person to commit suicide or kill a terminally ill patient is jailed under Peruvian law, a court said this time around exempting the doctor who helped end the woman's life from any punishment.

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