Overview
- Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, is scheduled to receive euthanasia Thursday at a sociosanitary residence in Sant Pere de Ribes in Barcelona.
- The path opened after the European Court of Human Rights in March rejected her father’s bid for emergency measures, following rulings by Spain’s Supreme and Constitutional Courts upholding her access.
- Catalonia’s oversight panel, the CGAC, unanimously approved her request on July 15, 2024, finding unbearable, chronic suffering and a free, informed, and conscious decision under the 2021 law.
- Her father, backed by Abogados Cristianos, filed repeated challenges that delayed the procedure for about 20 months, while her mother says she will stay with her in her final hours despite opposing the choice.
- She sought the procedure after a 2022 spinal injury left her paraplegic with constant neuropathic pain, and her ordeal has fueled calls to clarify limits on third‑party efforts to block euthanasia in Spain.