After long legal battle, Peru confirms woman's right to euthanasia


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  • Saturday, 16 Jul 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ana Estrada, a euthanasia advocate who suffers from an incurable condition that atrophies her muscles and has left her breathing through a ventilator, lies in bed at her home in Lima, Peru February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - After a long legal battle in Peru for the right of an assisted death, Ana Estrada said she now feels free to avoid suffering from an incurable and debilitating illness that has plagued her for three decades.

The Peruvian Supreme Court this week confirmed a prior ruling that allows Estrada, a 44-year-old psychologist, to end her life after a five-year legal battle and years of illness.

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