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Ana Estrada
Ana Milagros Estrada Ugarte (20 November 1976 – 21 April 2024) was a Peruvian psychologist and right to die activist. Biography At the age of 12, Estrada was diagnosed with polymyositis, an uncommon inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness. Later in her life, Estrada completed her studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru before being determined paralyzed and having to use a wheelchair. In 2015, Estrada's health declined and she had to be admitted for pneumonia in intensive care at Rebagliati Hospital, leaving her bedridden which caused her to become depressed. Euthanasia request Around 2019, Estrada requested to be euthanized as a result of pain caused by her illness, but her request was denied due to euthanasia being classified as a crime in Peru under murder. Estrada set up a petition on Change.org in order to legalize euthanasia in Peru and to allow herself to "die with dignity". On 25 February 2021, the Eleventh Constitutional Court of Peru dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontifical Catholic University Of Peru
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic church, being the oldest private institution of higher learning in the country. The Peruvian historian and politician José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma would become his main benefactor by leaving him most of his assets as an inheritance, as it was then a more religious educational institution and linked to the Catholic Church; in contrast to his alma mater and original destination of his inheritance, the National University of San Marcos, where Riva-Agüero considered that liberal ideas and atheism predominated here. In July 2012, after an apostolic visitation, begun earlier, in 2011, by Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, the Holy See withdrew from the university the right under canon law (Catholic Church), canon law to use the titles ''Catholic'' and ''Pontifical'' in its name. Archbishop of Lima, Juan Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
