Spain's Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal from a father attempting to prevent his 25-year-old daughter from receiving assisted dying, according to reports from Swedish media outlets. The court's decision is final and cannot be further appealed.
The woman, who is paralyzed following a suicide attempt in 2022, was scheduled to receive assisted dying in August 2024. However, the process was interrupted when her father filed an objection with support from a conservative campaign group.
The father had argued that his daughter suffered from mental disorders that could affect her decision-making capacity and claimed there were signs she had changed her mind about the procedure. Under Spanish law, individuals who are of sound mind and have a "serious and incurable illness" or a "chronic and disabling" condition can request assisted dying.
The Constitutional Court's ruling upholds the woman's right to proceed with her request for assisted dying under Spain's euthanasia legislation, which was passed in 2021.