Eutanasia en Colombia a partir de la constitución de 1991

Abstract

Euthanasia in Colombia is not regulated by law, only in jurisprudence. Nowadays, more and more cases of patients with end-stage diseases are coming to light, looking for ways to practice euthanasia to end unjustified suffering, lengthening their agony and harming their human dignity and a fundamental right recognized by the constitutional court, the right to die with dignity. For this reason, it is pertinent to carry out an analysis of the way in which euthanasia has been incorporated into Colombian legislation, to know precisely the guidelines to follow in order to have access to its practice, and thus exercise the right to die with dignity without being subjected to cruel treatment. and inhuman. It is a possibility that is opened so that according to their particular situation the person decides if he takes the option to end his life under this fundamental right or if, on the contrary, faithful to his moral or religious beliefs does not contemplate this option.