It makes Uruguay the first country in predominantly Catholic Latin America to allow euthanasia via legislation. Colombia and Ecuador have decriminalized the practice through Supreme Court decisions.

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Other countries, such as Colombia and Ecuador, authorized euthanasia through court decisions, making the voting in the Uruguayan parliament a historic milestone.

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Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalising euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the Latin American nation among a handful of ...