Colombian woman's euthanasia blocked days before she was ready to die legally
A Colombian woman who was set to become the country's first person to die by legal euthanasia without an immediate terminal prognosis had the procedure canceled days before it was scheduled to occur, a human rights group said.
Martha Sepúlveda, 51, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, was scheduled to die by euthanasia Sunday but received a letter late Friday that the procedure would not be allowed to go forward.
The Colombian Pain Institute, where Sepúlveda was to die, ruled that her condition had improved from July to October and that it could no longer take place, according to the Laboratory of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, or DescLAB, the organization representing Sepúlveda.
DescLAB said, however, Sepúlveda had not been treated at the pain institute for months, "but according to them she is better."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/10/11/euthanasia-martha-sepulveda-colombia-blocked-pain-clinic/6087220001/
