He Ministry of Public Health announced that it formed a technical table to work in regulation that will allow regularizing the procedure for the application of the euthanasia in Ecuador.
The state portfolio also announced that the document will be presented within a maximum period of two months as ordered by the Constitutional Court last Monday, January 5.
The information was shared on the institution’s website on the morning of this Friday, February 9, 2024.
Approval of euthanasia in Ecuador
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court declared the conditioned constitutionality of article 144 of the Comprehensive Organic Penal Code, which criminalizes homicide, on Wednesday, February 7.
With this declaration, the euthanasia in Ecuador.
The petition for unconstitutionality was presented by Paola Roldán, a patient facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare and incurable disease.
The petition sought to open the debate on the right to a dignified death and the possibility of resorting to euthanasia in extreme situations of suffering and deterioration in quality of life.
The decision of the Cut is based on the perspective of guaranteeing respect for rights fundamentals of people who face critical medical conditions and wish to end their suffering through euthanasia.
This bug marks a milestone in the evolution of the Ecuadorian legal framework on ethical and human rights issues.
In the next few hours, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador will issue a ruling that could make the paIt is ninth in the world to decriminalize euthanasia.