Barcelona euthanasia case ends as 25-year-old Noelia Castillo dies by request
Noelia Castillo, 25, died by euthanasia in Barcelona after a years-long legal fight to exercise Spain’s 2021 euthanasia law. The case went through Catalonia’s review body, the courts (including the Supreme Court, which upheld her rights in January), and drew national debate over eligibility and the rights of people with disabilities. Since the law took effect, Spain has administered life-ending medicine to about 1,123 people through 2024, underscoring ongoing criticism and calls for reform from disability advocates and opponents of the procedure.
