{{Short description|Peruvian euthanasia activist (1976–2024)}} {{Family name hatnote|Estrada|Ugarte|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ana Milagros Estrada Ugarte | image = Ana Estrada (cropped).jpg | caption = Estrada in 2020 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1976|11|20|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|4|21|1976|11|20|df=y}} | education = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru | occupation = Psychologist and right to die activist | known_for = Euthanasia activism | website = {{URL|https://anabuscalamuertedigna.wordpress.com/}} }}
'''Ana Milagros Estrada Ugarte''' (20 November 1976 – 21 April 2024) was a Peruvian psychologist and right to die activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=25 February 2021|title=¿Quién es Ana Estrada y por qué busca el derecho a una muerte digna? Eutanasia {{!}} VIDA |url=https://peru21.pe/vida/salud/quien-es-ana-estrada-y-por-que-busca-el-derecho-a-una-muerte-digna-eutanasia-noticia/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=Peru21 |language=es}}</ref>
== Biography == {{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|Spanish article title|date=October 2025|section=yes}} At the age of 12, Estrada was diagnosed with polymyositis, an uncommon inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness.<ref name=":0" /> Later in her life, Estrada completed her studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru before being determined paralyzed and having to use a wheelchair.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=30 December 2019|title=La historia que divide a Perú: Ana Estrada, la mujer que desesperadamente busca ayuda para morir|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2019/12/30/la-historia-que-divide-a-peru-ana-estrada-la-mujer-que-desesperadamente-busca-ayuda-para-morir/ |access-date=14 October 2023|website=infobae|language=es-ES}}</ref> In 2015, Estrada's health declined and she had to be admitted for pneumonia in intensive care at Rebagliati Hospital, leaving her bedridden which caused her to become depressed.<ref name=":1" /> She underwent a tracheostomy and a gastrostomy, which meant that she had to be constantly intubated in order to breathe, drink, and eat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-21 |title=These people want to die. Will their countries allow euthanasia? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/people-want-die-will-countries-allow-euthanasia-rcna3307 |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
=== Euthanasia request === Around 2019, Estrada requested to be euthanized as a result of pain caused by her illness,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=RedacciónRPP|date=16 October 2019|title=Ana Estrada y su lucha por acceder a una muerte asistida en el Perú {{!}} RPP Noticias |url=https://rpp.pe/vital/salud/ana-estrada-y-su-lucha-por-acceder-a-una-muerte-asistida-en-el-peru-noticia-1224757 |access-date=14 October 2023 |website=rpp.pe |language=es}}</ref> but her request was denied due to euthanasia being classified as a crime in Peru under murder.<ref name=":2" /> Estrada set up a petition on Change.org in order to legalize euthanasia in Peru and to allow herself to "die with dignity".<ref>{{Cite news|title="La búsqueda de la eutanasia me ha dado una razón para vivir": la mujer que logró que la Justicia de Perú le reconozca su derecho a la muerte asistida|language=es|work=BBC News Mundo|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-50943631 |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> "For me, having a dignified life means having freedom, autonomy, and the ability to make decisions about yourself," Estrada said. "I want to have control over my time, my body, and the power to choose when to die, because it's about the freedom to choose."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=Perú: muere Ana Estrada, la primera paciente en someterse a la eutanasia tras lograr que el país reconociera el derecho a la muerte asistida |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/clw0gypj7v2o |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es}}</ref>
On 25 February 2021, the Eleventh Constitutional Court of Peru declared that euthanasia did not classify as murder and ordered the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health to respect her decision<!--, meaning Estrada can request euthanization once is prepared for her decision ←——Comment this back in once it has been repaired (currently meaningless).--->.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 February 2021|title=Poder Judicial concede eutanasia para Ana Estrada - La Ley|url=https://laley.pe/2021/02/25/poder-judicial-concede-eutanasia-para-ana-estrada/ |access-date=14 October 2023|language=es-PE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 2022|title=After long legal battle, Peru confirms woman's right to euthanasia|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/after-long-legal-battle-peru-confirms-womans-right-euthanasia-2022-07-15/ |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> The decision was later ratified by the Supreme Court of Peru.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Quintana |first=Abel Alvarado, Jimena de la |date=2024-04-23 |title=Peruvian woman becomes first person in country to die by euthanasia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/americas/ana-estrada-peru-euthanasia-intl-latam |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
=== Death === Estrada became the first person in Peru to die by euthanasia on 21 April 2024, at the age of 47.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCubbin|first1=Ricardo|title=Murió Ana Estrada, la primera peruana en acceder a la eutanasia tras una valiente batalla por el derecho a la muerte digna|url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2024/04/22/ana-estrada-se-convierte-en-la-primera-peruana-en-acceder-a-la-eutanasia-y-tener-una-muerte-digna/ |access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=infobae|date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/peru-euthanasia-psychologist-e5e8ccfd24cf9650b425dee7def99a2e|title=Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after fighting in court for years|date=22 April 2024|website=AP News}}</ref> She "“died on her own terms, in accordance with her idea of dignity and in full control of her autonomy until the end,” according to a statement released by her family.<ref name=":3" /> "“Ana’s legacy will live in the minds and hearts of many people and in the history of our country," the family statement said.<ref name=":3" />
== See also == * List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide
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