Overview

• The ASL ethics committee issued a favorable opinion after a new medical review, confirming Ada meets the Cappato decision requirements.
• The health authority notified her lawyers on Oct. 7 and said it will identify the drug and define the modes of self-administration.
• The development follows an initial denial that led to an urgent appeal to the Naples tribunal and an agreed re-evaluation.
• The case applies Constitutional Court rulings n. 242/2019, n. 135/2024 and n. 66/2025 governing eligibility for assisted suicide.
• Ada, diagnosed with ALS in June 2024, can no longer speak or walk and expressed relief at the decision in a statement via Associazione Luca Coscioni.