Ecuadorian Paola Roldán is filing a lawsuit to have article 144 of the Comprehensive Penal Code declared unconstitutional. The 42-year-old suffers from ALS and is seeking decriminalization for the act of helping someone to die. According to her lawyers, “Paola needs legal authorization to have a mercy killing, because if someone assists her in the death, he could face a sentence of up to 13 years.”
