El silencio normativo : eutanasia en menores y la posibilidad de regularla en Ecuador.

Abstract

Euthanasia is classified as that deliberate act or process by which the life of a person who has voluntarily requested it due to the suffering of a catastrophic and incurable disease, and in many cases even untreatable, is put to an end with the objective of avoiding or prolonging the suffering and physical and psychological pain suffered by the patient due to such medical condition. In the case of our country, euthanasia is not yet regulated within our legal system, that is, to date it is not yet decriminalized or approved for use within the Ecuadorian territory. The main objective of this research project is to seek the regularization, implementation, and consequent urgent approval of euthanasia for children and adolescents in the current legal framework due to its level of importance. For this, a series of reforms must be made in some articles of various legal bodies such as the Constitution of the Republic, the Penal Code and the Code of Children and Adolescents, and therefore also seeks the repeal of Articles 90 of the Code of Medical Ethics.