India, March 26 -- Noelia Castillo Ramos, a 25-year-old woman from Barcelona, was scheduled to end her life by euthanasia on Thursday evening after winning a years-long legal battle that drew international attention and reignited a fierce global debate about the right to live or die. Her case, rooted in a gang assault, a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed, and relentless court opposition from her own father, is considered one of Spain's first euthanasia cases linked to both severe physical and profound psychological suffering.

Castillo's story has also drawn parallels to India's first legal passive euthanasia case, that of Harish Rana, who passed away on March 24, 2026, after a 13-year battle in a permanent vegetative state.

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