Ecuador, the Constitutional Court decriminalizes euthanasia - Last minute. The decision was adopted with seven favorable votes of the nine judges who make up the court.
The judges decided that the practice will enjoy "constitutionality" and the doctor in charge of the procedure "will not be convicted" The court indicated as a necessary condition that the patient experiences "a condition of intense suffering resulting from a serious and irreversible bodily injury, or from aserious and incurable illness" All rights reserved.