El derecho a la vida como derecho fundamental en el marco constitucional ecuatoriano. Especial referencia al aborto, la eutanasia y la pena de muerte
One of the most recurrent topics in the study of Constitutional law, without a doubt, is the study of fundamental rights, understood as those rights in which the person finds refuge and constitutional protection. Within the wide range of the existent primary rights, the right to life is considered the most significant because through it, people will be able to fully and legally enjoy all other rights. For this reason, the right to life represents a guarantee within a legal and political system guided by the respect and protection of the individual. The right to life is protected by the Ecuadorian Constitution in article 66 section one, when expressing that the right to the inviolability of life is guaranteed and recognized thus rejecting the use of death penalty. That is why there is no doubt that its constitutional recognition, constitutes at the same time the guarantee to ensure its exercise. In this research, a juridical analysis of abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty is carried out according to the 2008 constitutional regulation offered for such situations in which the fundamental right to life is at risk. The legal analysis regarding the right to life yields the research's principal results with the purpose of achieving the true protection of this right, not only from a constitutional perspective but also from a civil and judicial one.