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Samara MartĂ­nez leads a national march in Mexico City to demand the legislative recognition of the right to a dignified death.

Samara MartĂ­nez, a journalist and activist, led a national mobilization of nearly 300 participants to demand that Mexico recognize and guarantee the right to assisted death. The march, titled the "March for Dignified Death," began at the Palace of Fine Arts and concluded at the Capitol, where activists delivered a package of federal and city initiatives to lawmakers. MartĂ­nez, who suffers from chronic kidney failure and lupus, argued that the proposal aims to expand personal autonomy over one's own body. She noted that the initiative has gathered approximately 200,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required 20,000. During the event, Mexico City Congress lawmakers received the "Ley Trasciende" initiative, which seeks to open a debate on the conditions for people to decide on the end of their lives. Legislators committed to reviewing the content alongside other civil organization proposals to define a legislative route. MartĂ­nez emphasized that the right to decide how one dies when medicine has nothing more to offer is a fundamental freedom.

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