Simón-Lorda Pablo, Barrio-Cantalejo Inés M
Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain.
Eur J Health Law. 2012 Sep;19(4):355-65. doi: 10.1163/157180912x651419.
The debate on euthanasia in Spain has been ongoing from the beginning of the 20th century and remains extant. Three periods can be identified: prior to 1978, 1978-2002, and after 2002. The debate increased significantly after the Ramon Sampedro case (1995-1998), and was fuelled with new, although very different cases, such as those of Leganés (2005-2008), Jorge Leon (2006) or Inmaculada Echevarria (2006-2007). As a consequence of these cases in 2008 the Regional Government of Andalusia started a legal process to pass a law regulating end-of-life decisions, excluding euthanasia and assisted-suicide, which was finally enacted in 2010. Two other Spanish regions (Navarra and Aragón) passed similar laws. The central government also initiated a legal process to approve a national law, excluding euthanasia and assisted-suicide. The project failed because of the dissolution of the Parliament in June 2011. The new government will have to decide how to continue the process.
西班牙关于安乐死的辩论自20世纪初就一直在进行，至今仍在继续。可以确定三个阶段：1978年之前、1978年至2002年以及2002年之后。在拉蒙·桑佩德罗案（1995年至1998年）之后，辩论显著增加，并因一些新的、尽管非常不同的案例而愈演愈烈，比如莱加内斯案（2005年至2008年）、豪尔赫·莱昂案（2006年）或因马库拉达·埃切瓦里亚案（2006年至2007年）。由于这些案例，2008年安达卢西亚自治区政府启动了一项法律程序，以通过一项规范临终决定的法律，不包括安乐死和协助自杀，该法律最终于2010年颁布。西班牙的另外两个地区（纳瓦拉和阿拉贡）也通过了类似法律。中央政府也启动了一项法律程序，以批准一项国家法律，不包括安乐死和协助自杀。该项目因2011年6月议会解散而失败。新政府将不得不决定如何继续这一进程。
