Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

Last Thursday, a Spanish woman called Noelia Castillo, died by euthanasia at the age of 25. The case made headlines in Spain and beyond, because the young woman had spent the previous two years fighting a legal battle against her father, over her right to end her life.

The case went all the way to the European Court of Human Rights, but last week, the court eventually rejected her father's request for the euthanasia to be put on hold.

The day after the ruling, Castillo died under medical supervision in a hospital north of Barcelona, where crowds gathered outside -  some to mourn, others to protest.

In today’s episode, Irish Times contributor Guy Hedgecoe unpacks the complexities of the case, why it has divided public opinion in Spain, and the circumstances that led Castillo to make this deeply contested decision.

Presented by Suzanne Brennan.

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