One case of voluntary death in Emilia-Romagna says Cappato

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 25 - Right-to-die activist Marco Cappato, the treasurer of the Luca Coscioni Association, told a press conference in Bologna on Tuesday that three requests for assisted suicide received a favourable opinion from authorities in the Emilia-Romagna region and one of the persons was believed to have voluntarily taken their life.
    Cappato said he was aware that in the region "there were three requests with favourable opinion concerning assisted suicide, so we imagine that the whole procedure was completed, and one of these three cases was finalized therefore, if I must interpret it, it means the person had a voluntary death", he said.
    Emilia-Romagna has not approved a law granting access to assisted suicide but it has voted an end-of-life regulation amid a legislative vacuum at the national level.
    In 2009 the Constitutional Court said assisted suicide is permissible in Italy in some circumstances in its 'Cappato ruling', named after Marco Cappato.
    The requirements outlined in the 2019 sentence included the presence of an irreversible pathology, unbearable physical or psychological suffering and the patient's reliance on treatments of vital support, among others.
    The court also called on parliament to pass legislation dealing with end-of-life issues, something that it has failed to do so far. (ANSA).