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Father tries to block daughter's euthanasia in landmark Spanish case

It's the first time that a case has gone to court since a euthanasia law was introduced in Spain in 2021.

A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind. The Catalan government's legal representation in the case has stated that "no evidence of a scientific or expert character has been presented to contradict the many medical reports which support the decision [to die]." Last year, a magistrate in Barcelona rejected an attempt by a man to appeal against his 54-year-old son's euthanasia after it had been approved by the guarantee and evaluation board.

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