Francesc Augé already has a date for his euthanasia: it will be November 27

Finally, and after more than two years of waiting, Francesc Augé (56 years old, Vallirana, Barcelona) will be able to have access to a dignified death, which was granted to him in 2024 by the Commission of Guarantee and Assessment of Catalonia due to his health situation and which has been paralyzed since then by a judicial process initiated by his father, Jordi Augé, 96 years old. Francesc's father finally decided to withdraw from the process a few days ago, so now his son has free rein for euthanasia.

“I am very happy,” Francesc himself explains to La Vanguardia, adding that he is preparing a farewell with family and friends for the weekend before his euthanasia, which will take place at the Vilafranca del Penedès hospital at his own request. It will be his family doctor who will carry out the process and he will enter the day before, on Thursday the 26th.

At the farewell meeting - which is still being planned - his 96-year-old father will, in principle, be present, although it was he, sponsored by the ultra-Catholic organization Christian Lawyers, who intervened in Francesc's decision, delaying the process for more than two years. However, the latter understands his father's position. Not so with some of his friends, who are no longer friends, who undermine his decision.

After suffering four strokes and two heart attacks, which left him with severe physical and psychological discomfort, Francesc Augé asked for a dignified death. His judicial ordeal began in the summer of 2024, when the Guarantee and Assessment Commission of Catalonia recognized his right to die with dignity by complying with all the requirements of the Organic Law for the Regulation of Euthanasia (LORE).

Sponsored by the Christian Lawyers association, the father appealed that ruling, but the Contentious Court No. 5 of Barcelona rejected that appeal by ruling that “the request for euthanasia is part of the most personal sphere of decision and self-determination of a person.”

However, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) later overturned that argument and legitimized the father to oppose. This matter reached the Supreme Court, when the Generalitat appealed the ruling of the TSJC, confirming the position of the TSJC. It must be taken into account that neither the TSJC nor the Supreme Court ruled on Francesc's right to euthanasia, but rather on the possibility that a family member could object. However, the recent withdrawal of the father's proceedings precipitated the filing of the case.