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Karina Babenok

Woman Finally Euthanized In Peru Amid Legal Battle, Lived With Incurable Disease For 30 Years

Trigger warning: euthanasia, incurable disease

A 47-year-old woman in Peru living with an incurable and degenerative illness was granted the right to euthanasia amid a long and painful court battle, trailblazing the country’s laws regarding people’s choice to end their lives.

For the past thirty years, Ana Estrada, from Lima, Peru, lived with polymyositis, condemning her to stay bedridden and requiring a ventilator to breathe.

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