https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A gunman paralysed in a shooting spree in which he wounded four people was helped to die in Spain Tuesday, his lawyer said, after a judge allowed the euthanasia before his trial for attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.es/20220824/shooting-suspect-helped-to-die-in-spain-before-trial Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:25:30 +0200 shooting-suspect-helped-to-die-in-spain-before-trial A law legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide came into effect in Spain Friday, making the country one of a few to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. https://www.thelocal.es/20210625/today-spains-euthanasia-law-comes-into-effect Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:14:08 +0200 today-spains-euthanasia-law-comes-into-effect Spain's parliament has voted through a law legalising euthanasia , becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering. https://www.thelocal.es/20210318/official-spain-legalises-euthanasia-assisted-suicide Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:30:14 +0100 official-spain-legalises-euthanasia-assisted-suicide As Spain becomes one of a handful of countries that have decriminalised euthanasia, we look at how its new law compares to other countries' legislation on euthanasia and assisted suicide. https://www.thelocal.es/20210318/how-does-spains-new-euthanasia-law-compare-to-others-in-europe Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:41:06 +0100 how-does-spains-new-euthanasia-law-compare-to-others-in-europe In 1998 Ramona Maneiro helped her friend Ramon Sampedro, paralysed from the neck down following an accident, to die, a tale told in the Oscar-winning Spanish film "The Sea Inside". https://www.thelocal.es/20210317/weve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-spains-euthanasia-campaigners-on-new-law Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:11:37 +0100 weve-won-the-battle-but-not-the-war-spains-euthanasia-campaigners-on-new-law Spain's parliament voted by a wide margin Thursday to approve a bill that will allow euthanasia under strict conditions, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic church and conservative parties. https://www.thelocal.es/20201218/spanish-parliament-approves-bill-to-allow-euthanasia Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:27:17 +0100 spanish-parliament-approves-bill-to-allow-euthanasia Spain's Socialist party are trying to push through a bill that effectively decriminalises euthanasia, proposing that any person suffering a serious debilitating or incurable illness may be helped to die if they wish, in order to avoid intolerable suffering. https://www.thelocal.es/20200212/what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-proposed-euthanasia-laws Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:50:57 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-proposed-euthanasia-laws Spain's ruling Socialists on Tuesday won support from lawmakers to discuss a bill legalising euthanasia, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic church and rightwing groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20200212/is-spain-about-to-legalise-euthanasia Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:02:09 +0100 is-spain-about-to-legalise-euthanasia Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a man who helped his seriously ill wife to commit suicide, reviving a debate over euthanasia less than a month before a general election. https://www.thelocal.es/20190405/spanish-man-arrested-over-wifes-death-revives-euthanasia-debate Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:41:57 +0200 spanish-man-arrested-over-wifes-death-revives-euthanasia-debate Advancing on slowly onto the stage of a Madrid theatre, Marcos Hourmann introduces himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20190325/doctor-convicted-of-euthanasia-hits-the-stage-in-madrid Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:50:59 +0100 doctor-convicted-of-euthanasia-hits-the-stage-in-madrid Spain's lower house voted Tuesday in favour of examining a draft law on legalising euthanasia, the second such bill accepted for consideration in just over a month in a first for the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/spain-takes-steps-to-legalise-euthanasia Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:56:20 +0200 spain-takes-steps-to-legalise-euthanasia Spain's lower house voted Thursday in favour of examining a bill on legalising euthanasia, a first in the country even if there will likely be major opposition as it weaves its way through parliament. https://www.thelocal.es/20180510/spain-takes-tentative-first-step-to-legalising-euthanasia Thu, 10 May 2018 16:41:01 +0200 spain-takes-tentative-first-step-to-legalising-euthanasia Updated: Andrea passed away at 12.30pm on Friday, four days after her parents won their fight with doctors to turn off life support machines to allow their daughter 'a dignified death'. https://www.thelocal.es/20151006/doctors-will-turn-off-spanish-girls-life-support-after-parents-battle Tue, 06 Oct 2015 12:34:17 +0200 doctors-will-turn-off-spanish-girls-life-support-after-parents-battle A Spanish conservative lobby group on Thursday delivered more than 200,000 signatures to Belgian King Philippe in Brussels, urging him not to sign controversial child euthanasia legislation passed by parliament. https://www.thelocal.es/20140227/spanish-conservatives-lobby-belgian-king Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:45:00 +0100 spanish-conservatives-lobby-belgian-king