Martha, the woman who celebrates her death by euthanasia next Sunday

The first patient with a non-terminal illness to undergo euthanasia in Colombia will be Martha Sepúlveda, a 51-year-old woman, born in the department of Antioquia, suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for almost three years.

The disease seriously affected his legs and now he can barely walk.

Sepúlveda will have the option of assisted death after, last July, the Constitutional Court of Colombia expanded access to euthanasia for patients with non-terminal illnesses, reports RT.

The condition set by the institution is that people suffering from “intense physical or mental suffering, resulting from bodily harm or a serious and incurable disease, can have access to this right”.

Sepúlveda requested euthanasia on July 27, just four days after the Constitutional Court’s ruling. On August 6, he celebrated the acceptance and the date for his death proceedings has been set for October 10 at 7:30 a.m. in Colombia.

“I am totally calm. I am Catholic, I consider myself to be a very believer in God, but, I repeat, God does not want to see me suffer and I do not believe anyone. No parent wants to see their children in pain, ”Sepúlveda said, addressing Snail news.

awaits its end by celebrating

And she awaits her end, even if it may seem incredible, celebrating, “I’m lucky. I’m calmer since the procedure was authorized, I laugh more, I sleep more calmly.”

Martha says she’s happy to die next Sunday and that this is due to what she suffered with her illness: “With lateral sclerosis in the condition I have, the best thing that can happen to me is to rest. I don’t want to suffer anymore. I I’m tired. I’m having trouble resting. “

The only problem with her decision was her mother: “My mother is 83 years old, she is very lucid, but I think it is because of the religious question that she thinks so.

Corn his 11 brothers and sisters support him in his decision, just like his son Frédéric. “I look at it as an act of love on his part because he said to me, ‘Mom, I’m supporting her.’ It wasn’t easy, but I watch him like he loves me so much that he doesn’t want to see me like that, ”the woman commented, she said. RT.

And this is confirmed by his son: “I see it as the greatest act of love that I have ever done in my life, because a priori I need my mother, I want her with me, almost in my life. ‘No matter what condition, but I know in her words no longer live, survive. Now I focus on making her happy, making her laugh, having fun and keeping her on Earth, what’s left, be a little nicer. “

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