Overview
- Investigating judge Sara Cipolla ordered the archiving of the aid-to-suicide probes, accepting the Milan prosecutors’ request.
- Marco Cappato had self-reported after accompanying two Italians in 2022 to the Dignitas clinic in Zurich for assisted suicide.
- The court found that a new chemotherapy cycle for Elena and PEG feeding for Romano constituted life-sustaining support and were rejected as accanimento terapeutico.
- The decision applies the Dj Fabo criteria using the Constitutional Court’s clarified reading of the support-treatment requirement from 2019 through 2024–2025 rulings.
- Italy still lacks a comprehensive end-of-life law, and legal analysts note the ruling could broaden access to assisted suicide unless Parliament legislates.