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The tragic story of paralyzed gang-rape victim Noelia Castillo’s assisted suicide is a warning for the West

This week the world was shocked by the tragic story of 25-year-old Noelia Castillo.

On Thursday, the victim of alleged gang rape ended her short life with the help of the government of Spain, where assisted suicide has been legal since 2021.

Oh, how many systems have failed Castillo.

Her death also ended a protracted legal battle mounted by her father and the conservative religious Spanish group Abogados Cristianos (Chrisan Lawyers), who attempted to block her suicide after it was approved back in 2024.

Ultimately, Spain’s Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights backed her bid.

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Castillo’s story is downright dystopian. This wasn’t a woman condemned to death by a fatal medical diagnosis. Hers was a messy and dark cluster of mental illness, sexual assault and a botched suicide attempt that........

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