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Colombia s Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled by 6 votes to 3 to decriminalize medically assisted suicide. Euthanasia in Colombia is already legal, but in this case, it is the patient and not the doctor who executes the action to end his or her life.
Martha SepĂșlveda is the second person in Colombia with a non-terminal illness to die legally by euthanasia. She died at a MedellĂn clinic on Saturday.