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International Business Times
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Santiago PIEDRA SILVA, Paola LOPEZ

'I Want To Rest In Peace': Ecuador Decriminalizes Euthanasia

This video grab taken via AFPTV via the Roldan family shows Paola Roldan and her husband Nicolas Suarez (Credit: AFP)

Ecuador decriminalized euthanasia on Wednesday, becoming the second Latin American country to allow the procedure, in response to a lawsuit brought by a terminally ill patient.

With seven of its nine judges voting in favor, the country's Constitutional Court opened the door for doctors to help an untreatable patient die without going to jail.

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