Is euthanasia legal in Uruguay?
Euthanasia legal
Uruguay legalized active voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill adults in October 2025.
Uruguay is one of 10 countries classified “Euthanasia legal” for euthanasia — 26% of the 38 with data. (Also searched as assisted dying.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Legality of euthanasia
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Argentina
- Passive only Argentina legalizes passive euthanasia via Law 26,742, allowing patients to reject life-prolonging treatments.
- Chile
- Passive only Active euthanasia and assisted suicide remain illegal, though passive euthanasia is legal and a bill is pending.
- Peru
- Illegal Euthanasia is a criminal offense, and legislative attempts to legalize it have failed.
- Ecuador
- Euthanasia legal Active euthanasia is legal under specific conditions following a 2024 Constitutional Court ruling.
- Colombia
- Euthanasia legal Active voluntary euthanasia is legal for terminally ill and non-terminal patients in Colombia.
- Mexico
- Varies by region Active euthanasia is illegal nationally, but passive euthanasia is legal in specific states like Mexico City, Aguascalientes, and Michoacán.
Other laws in Uruguay
- Abortion
- Legal on request
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.