Spanish woman dies by euthanasia after long legal battle with father

Warning: This story contains references to sexual assault and suicide

A Spanish woman who has conducted a long legal battle with her father for the right to end her life died by euthanasia on Thursday.

Barcelona resident Noelia Castillo, 25, was left paraplegic due to injuries suffered when she tried to take her own life in 2022.

The Catalan government granted her the right to assisted dying in the summer of 2024 but the process was suspended at the last moment after legal objections raised by her father, with the backing of the conservative campaign group Christian Lawyers (Abogados Cristianos)…