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Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by peterhadlaw on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:09AM (#47554259)
Does it include the law that made it okay for Noelia Castillo to commit suicide the other day?
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:30AM (#47554420)
I think it was "okay" even before that law to be euthanized. However, the law adds a "a legal, systematic, balanced and guarantee response to a sustained demand of today’s society such as euthanasia".

But yes, it seems it is included indeed: https://github.com/EnriqueLop/legalize-es/blob/master/spain/... (which seems to have been well written enough to not needing any changes [so far])

Very glad my country is so compassionate with people that we can facilitate things like things when needed.

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by peterhadlaw on Saturday March 28, 2026 @10:15AM (#47554828)
"culture of death"
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @11:22AM (#47555419)
We all die, so I suppose for some of us, "good death" is better than "forced to be alive although you don't want to". Worth remembering where the word comes from:

> Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by mold_aid on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:42AM (#47554526)
I would assume so. But that's probably it; it's for Wikipedia to record the failed attempts of Christianists to make it not "ok."

Like many, you are confusing "making it legal" for "making it ok." But that is of course the root concern of Christianism as an ideological project. Thankfully the correct legal interpretation won out here, as it did in the US Schiavo case(s).

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by downsplat on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:18AM (#47554328)
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by brandnewideas on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:22AM (#47554361)
There are laws that prevent you from committing suicide?
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by torcete on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:30AM (#47554423)
It was assisted suicide. Meaning the government helps you to commit suicide.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by ks2048 on Saturday March 28, 2026 @11:22AM (#47555409)
Generally legal assisted suicide doesn't mean "the government helps you commit suicide" - it means it's not illegal for a doctor assisting a patient to commit suicide.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by torcete on Sunday March 29, 2026 @12:30AM (#47560396)
Well, the doctor, the drugs and everything else needed for the procedure is covered by the health system. I would argue that is indeed helping to end one's live.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by downsplat on Saturday March 28, 2026 @11:01AM (#47555201)
It's called euthanasia. You can ask the medical system for an assisted suicide if your life situation is extra painful with no hope for recovery.

This case got heaps of media popularity because the christian right wing latched on it, and the father tried as hard as he could to impede the euthanasia. Ultimately got told that the lady unequivocally wants it and qualifies, and he can't override that.

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @11:07AM (#47555267)
> Ultimately got told that the lady unequivocally wants it and qualifies, and he can't override that.

Not just once, but five times by different courts, finalized by the European Court of Human Rights!

> Her request had been approved on July 18, 2024, by the Catalonia Guarantee and Evaluation Commission. The commission found that she met all legal requirements, as she had a “nonrecoverable clinical situation,” causing “severe dependence, pain, and chronic, disabling suffering.”

> But in August of that same year, her father – advised by the ultraconservative religious group Christian Lawyers – began a legal fight to stop the process

> From then on, her father initiated a long legal process that delayed Noelia’s euthanasia for 20 months, going through five judicial levels: a Barcelona court, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and the European Court of Human Rights.

Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by OrangePilled on Saturday March 28, 2026 @11:41AM (#47555601)
Your enthusiasm is remarkable.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:28PM (#47556069)
I come from a society that doesn't value compassion that much, so now when I live in Spain which has a lot of it, it's hard not to feel good about it. Wish it was the same in more places in the world, we're all human after all.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by OrangePilled on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:01PM (#47556383)
It shows.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:43PM (#47556765)
Great, guess I've learnt sufficient English to be able to communicate my ideas and thoughts, thanks!
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by peterhadlaw on Saturday March 28, 2026 @12:59PM (#47556357)
Cold-blooded murder ~= "compassion". Got it. Cool.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by embedding-shape on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:41PM (#47556745)
Helping someone avoid "nonrecoverable pain, forever" isn't "cold-blooded murder" in my mind, but I figure there is no point is arguing against someone who doesn't understand nuance.
Re:I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a c... by whattheheckheck on Saturday March 28, 2026 @10:02AM (#47554727)