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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signs a law legalizing euthanasia.
2023-05-16

Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore becomes the first female winner of the Grand National. Another horse, The Grand Mile, suffers a broken leg and is euthanised.
2021-04-10

The Spanish Congress of Deputies votes 202–141 to definitively approve the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable diseases who want to end their lives, making Spain the fourth country in the European Union to do so.
2021-03-18

The parliament of Portugal passes legislation to legalize euthanasia.
2021-01-29

The Spanish Congress of Deputies approves the decriminalisation of euthanasia, becoming the sixth country to do so.
2020-12-17

The preliminary results are announced for a referendum on the End of Life Choice Act 2019, which legalizes doctor-assisted euthanasia, with voters approving it. Another referendum on the legalization of the sale and use of cannabis was not approved by voters.
2020-10-30

Victoria becomes the first state to pass euthanasia legislation.
2017-11-29

A judge in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, grants a 12-year-old boy the right to decide for himself on whether or not to continue chemotherapy. The ruling was based on a psychiatric evaluation of the patient as being "capable of a reasonable evaluation of his interests and realizes the consequences — including the negative ones — of his decision."
2017-05-12

A local doctor in Belgium grants euthanasia to a terminally-ill minor, marking the first case of such procedure performed since the 2014 removal of age restrictions.
2016-09-17

Belgian lawmakers vote to extend euthanasia to people aged under 18.
2014-02-13