In Liguria the third case of assisted suicide, nineteenth in Italy

A 47-year-old Ligurian person suffering from multiple sclerosis died yesterday following self-administration of an end-of-life drug provided by the national health service. It is the third case of assisted suicide in Liguria, the nineteenth in Italy, based on the requirements established by the Constitutional Court with ruling 242/2019 on the Cappato/Antoniani case.

The Luca Coscioni Association made this known in a note explaining that "faced with the irreversibility of the disease and the progressive worsening of his conditions, the person asked his health company to verify the conditions for accessing medically assisted suicide in Italy". The green light arrived in September 2026.

"I freely and consciously chose to put an end to a suffering that had become intolerable for me - is the message that the person wanted to leave -. It was a deeply personal decision, matured over time and taken in full awareness of its consequences. I ask that it be respected for what it is: the exercise of my freedom and my self-determination".