A 24-year-old paraplegic woman has asked a Spanish court to let her exercise her right to euthanasia against the wishes of her father, who says that she suffers from mental health problems. Euthanasia was legalised in Spain in 2021, but this is the first time a case has reached a court for a judge to decide. "We believe that the patient has an obsessive-compulsive disorder," José María Fernández, lawyer for the applicant's father and member of the Christian lawyers' association, tells the press after the hearing. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES