France has a new lawlaw/lɔː/L1法律，国家制定的规则a rule that people in a country must follow about assisted dying. This law helps people with a very bad sicknesssickness/ˈsɪknəs/L1疾病，生病a state of being ill or not healthy. The sickness must be very hard to stop. The person must be in a lot of painpain/peɪn/L1疼痛a feeling in your body that hurts.
A doctordoctor/ˈdɒktə/L1医生a person who helps sick people get better will talk to the person. Then the person must wait two days. After that, the person can take a special medicinemedicine/ˈmedɪsɪn/L1药物，药a substance you take to treat sickness or pain. A nurse or doctor can help if needed. This makes some people happy and some people sad.
Many people in France want this law. But some people do not like it. The law will start after more checks. France will join other countries with this rule.
