Colombian judge rules that mother, 51, suffering from ALS can die by euthanasia

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A 51-year-old woman who is battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, will be the first person in Colombia allowed to die by euthanasia even though she is not in the terminal stage of her illness after a judge ruled that a local health center had 'violated (her) fundamental rights to die with dignity.' 

Martha Sepúlveda, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 2019, was just two and a half days from being injected when a health center in Medellín that agreed to euthanize her abruptly cancelled the procedure in writing, indicating that her condition had improved.

The circuit court judge on Wednesday gave the Colombian Institute of Pain 48 hours to come to an agreement with Sepúlveda and set a 'day and time that the euthanasia procedure will be carried out as long as she maintains her willingness to perform it.'

She would be the first person in the country to die by euthanasia if it goes through. 

Colombia-based lawyer Camilo Burbano told The Associated Press that the health

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