Yuri Hayashi died at her home in Kyoto after reportedly being injected with a lethal amount of a sedative. Photo: DPA
In Japan, doctors’ arrests for assisted suicide of Yuri Hayashi spark calls for euthanasia debate
- Yuri Hayashi, 51, had a neurological disease that effectively left her unable to move without help. She had repeatedly expressed her wish to die
- But under Japanese law neither euthanasia nor the legalities of withholding treatment that would otherwise prolong a person’s life are clearly defined
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Yuri Hayashi died at her home in Kyoto after reportedly being injected with a lethal amount of a sedative. Photo: DPA