Martha Sepúlveda, a 51-year-old Colombian woman suffering from ALS, plans to become the first individual in that country without a terminal prognosis to die via legally permitted euthanasia, according to The Washington Post.
Until this year the nation had just permitted euthanasia for individuals with a life expectancy of half a year or less, according to the outlet.
Although ALS is a deadly disease with no known cure, people who have it can live anywhere from two years to a decade or even more, the Post reported.
In the months after Sepúlveda got diagnosed she lost control over the muscles in her legs. “What happens once I can no longer get into bed or use the bathroom without help?” Sepúlveda would ask her son, according to the outlet. “How far am I going to go?”
Just like taking your old dog to the vet to be put to sleep. Human life means nothing to people any more.