Health Minister Garcia defends her country’s legal framework after report on Noelia Castillo.
On Wednesday, Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia reacted to a New York Post’s article stating that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump requested an investigation into the euthanasia received by Noelia Castillo.
“In the U.S., thousands of people die every year without medical insurance, while Trump supports and carries out human rights violations in Gaza and Iran,” Garcia posted on X.
The Spanish minister asked the U.S. president “to stop fueling the international far-right agenda by sticking his nose everywhere.”
“Spain is a serious country, with a solid health care system and a framework of rights that protects and cares for all people, including those who decide to request assistance to die with dignity in contexts regulated by law, evaluated by clinical committees, and endorsed by the courts,” Garcia pointed out.
Noelia Castillo was a Spanish woman who died after receiving euthanasia on March 26. Her request for euthanasia became a landmark case in Spain regarding the application of the Organic Law Regulating Euthanasia.
At age 25, she was one of the youngest people to receive medical assistance in dying after demonstrating chronic and irreversible pain.
Her case drew significant public attention due to a two-year legal battle, in which the Catalonia’s High Justice Court had to intervene to validate her right against appeals filed by her father and the Christian Lawyers Association, who questioned her legal capacity.
According to the New York Post, officials said the State Department instructed the U.S. Embassy in Madrid to gather information on how Noelia’s case was handled and the decisions that allowed the procedure to be carried out.
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Source: EFE
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