Overview
- Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, whose euthanasia was cleared by Spain's Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights, is scheduled to die by assisted death on Thursday.
- She was left paraplegic and in chronic pain after a 2022 suicide attempt that followed a reported gang rape in a state-supervised youth center in Barcelona.
- A special medical commission unanimously approved her request in July 2024 under Spain's 2021 law that permits assisted death for adults in unbearable suffering who can give informed consent, and in February 2026 the Constitutional Court rejected her father's final appeal.
- In a final TV interview, she said she wants to "leave in peace," and her mother said she does not agree with the choice but will remain by her side.
- The case has drawn sharp criticism from Vox politicians and right-leaning outlets that describe the state as enabling suicide and raise unverified claims about the attackers, while other coverage centers her legal approvals and final words.