Overview
- Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, died Thursday in Barcelona after doctors carried out an approved euthanasia.
- She was left paraplegic after a 2022 suicide attempt following reported sexual assaults and later described relentless pain and severe psychological distress.
- A Catalan medical review panel approved her request in July 2024, and her father, supported by the conservative group Abogados Cristianos, launched legal challenges to block it.
- Judges upheld her capacity and rights, with Spain’s Constitutional Court rejecting her father’s appeal in February 2026 and the European Court of Human Rights refusing to pause the procedure earlier this month.
- In interviews days before her death, she said she was 'very clear' about her wish and chose to be alone for the final injection, while the case now prompts new complaints against clinicians and renewed scrutiny of the law’s safeguards.