The Peruvian judiciary delivered a final decision this Wednesday in favor of recognizing Ana Estrada, who suffers from a degenerative and incurable disease, to die with dignity, following a vote in favor of the fifth chief judge, who will ratify the judge’s ruling in the first instance of 2021.
(() Chief Justice Carlos Calderon Puertas joins the position of the majority of justices of the peace regarding the record of medical actions in the appeal for consultations on the amparo process, followed by Ana Estrada, and finally resolves the case, ”the judiciary wrote on Twitter. Account.
After a vote by the Chief Justice, it was decided that the Department of Health and the Health Welfare Service prepare a protocol for isolated euthanasia for Estrada.
The institution added that the resolution will be communicated in the coming days, as the final draft of the verdict and the signature of the judges who entered the case are still in the process.
Estrada is 45 and has suffered from polymyositis since she was 12, a disease that weakens her muscles and keeps her on a ventilator for most of the day. Her firm determination to achieve a dignified death whenever she chose made her the first symbol of euthanasia in Peru.
On July 14, the Supreme Court of Peru had already ratified by four votes out of five a ruling recognizing Estrada’s right, in which case a psychologist by profession had already celebrated the judgment.
“Today justice has triumphed, life and the right to autonomy and freedom have won,” Estrada wrote on Twitter.
Estrada stressed that the decision is also the result of feminists’ struggle to “be the sole owner of decisions concerning” her body, and thanked the activists who preceded her, as well as the former ombudsman, Valter Gutiérrez, who supported the lawsuit of amparo, your lawyer. and other people around you.
The activist made it clear during her legal battle, in which she met resistance from conservative circles, that she does not want to convince anyone, she just demands respect for the freedoms and rights of people and that she wants to be able to choose when to die in a dignified manner.
“I don’t want to die now, I was preparing for this and didn’t want to get to the point that I have to beg for my death, I didn’t want that,” Estrada explained in an interview with Efe in March. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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