US EditionSpain Minister Blasts U.S. ‘Interference’ over Woman’s Euthanasia
Washington says Spain’s handling of Noelia Castillo’s case merits scrutiny, while Madrid calls the move interference in its domestic euthanasia law.
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Madrid. A new diplomatic clash between Spain and the United States arose, on this occasion, following the case of assisted euthanasia by Noelia López, in which the Donald Trump government expressed “concern” over alleged “human rights violations.” Spanish Minister of Health Mónica García reversed her sayings, demanding that she “stop feeding the ultra-international agenda” and reminded the tycoon that “Spain is a serious country.”
Health Minister Monica Garcia came back to the statements of Secretary Riley Barnes, who was moved after the fake news that surrounded the young woman's death, at the end of a long judicial battle against her father.
Spain's Health Minister blasts US 'interference' over controversial euthanasia case
Spain's health minister slammed US "interference" on Thursday after an official urged an investigation into the euthanasia of a paraplegic woman whose long legal battle with her father captured attention.
The case of Noelia Castillo leads the United States to ask very uncomfortable questions about Spain. Not only because of the final outcome, but because of everything that could fail before: the protection, institutional response and the capacity of the system to protect a vulnerable person. Washington has asked its embassy in Madrid to collect data on the case and on possible "systemic human rights failures." The public reaction in Spain has alr…
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