Overview
- Christian, a 55-year-old Lombardy man who had irreversible multiple sclerosis since 1999, asked his local ASL in February to verify eligibility for assisted suicide and self-administered a lethal drug at home on 18 May.
- The association reports this is the third assisted‑suicide case recorded in Lombardy and the 17th in Italy.
- Associazione Luca Coscioni leaders Marco Cappato and Filomena Gallo say the case shows the Constitutional Court decision on assisted suicide is applicable across regions beyond Tuscany and Sardinia.
- The group argues that procedures differ between local health authorities and that timely action by an ASL can prevent prolonged suffering, so it has relaunched signature collection for a regional popular initiative called 'Liberi Subito' and continues to provide information via its Numero Bianco.
- The case has sharpened regional policy fights in Lombardy where procedural guidance was recently circulated and it arrives as a draft national bill is set for Senate discussion on 3 June, which could shape whether Italy moves toward a uniform national framework or regional rules.