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法国离安乐死合法化更近一步

3月10日，巴黎示威者聚集在法国国民议会附近，手举白色人形纸板，无声抗议安乐死合法化。他们的口号是：“可以减轻患者痛苦，但是请不要杀戮。”

France is one step closer to legalizing euthanasia after approving a bill that allows doctors to sedate terminally ill patients until they die.

法国下议院日前通过了一项提案，允许医生给身患绝症、无法治愈的病人注射镇静剂直至其死亡。这意味着法国离安乐死合法化又近了一步。

The bill stops short of recommending lethal injections and avoids the terms euthanasia or assisted suicide, but would give people 'the right to deep, continuous sedation until death'.

该提案既没有建议“致命性注射”，也没有使用“安乐死”或“协助自杀”的字眼，却能给予病人“进入持续深度镇静状态直至死亡的权利”。

This must be at the patient's request, but only when their condition is life-threatening in the short-term.

注射镇静剂必须在病人的请求下才能进行，并且只有当病人在规定期限内生命垂危时才能执行。

The proposed measure was passed by a vote of 436 to 34 in France's lower house of Parliament, and it must now be debated by the Senate.

法国下议院以436对34票通过了这项提案。目前，该提案将交由参议院讨论。

Backed by the Socialist government, the bill would also force doctors in France to follow end-of-life instructions expressed by the patients themselves, or written in advance if they are no longer able to state their wishes.