PERUVIAN DEMANDS RIGHT TO EUTHANASIA

LIMA: A Peruvian woman who is almost completely paralyzed and requires round-the- clock care for a terminal illness took her fight to change the South American nation’s law forbidding euthanasia to the country’s courts Friday (Saturday in Manila). The public defender’s office joined Ana Estrada in filing a lawsuit urging the Ministry of Health and other state institutions not to enforce a law punishing those who help terminal patients end their lives. The law carries penalties of up to three years in jail.