France's National Assembly has voted to create a right to assisted dying under strict conditions. MPs voted by 291 to 241 to support the bill. It had been rejected three times by the Senate, the upper house. The bill will now go to the Constitutional Council for review before it becomes law.
The law would allow assisted dying for adults with a serious and incurableincurable/ɪnˈkjʊr.ə.bəl/L2无法治愈的，不可救药的(of a disease) impossible to cure. Not able to be healed or fixed. illness. The illness must be in an advanced or terminalterminal/ˈtɜːr.mɪ.nəl/L2晚期的，末期的（指疾病无法治愈并导致死亡）(of an illness) not curable and leading to death. Used to describe the final stage of a disease. stage. It must also cause constant physical or psychological suffering that is unbearable. The patient must freely ask a doctor, who will decide within 15 days. After two days of reflection, the patient will take a lethallethal/ˈliː.θəl/L2致命的，致死的causing death; deadly. Able to kill someone. substance themselves. If they cannot, a doctor or nurse will do it.
France will join several European countries that allow assisted dying. For example, the Netherlands and Belgium legalised it in 2002. Switzerland has also allowed assisted suicide for a long time. In a statement, Prime Minister Lecornu said the Senate did not allow proper scrutinyscrutiny/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/L2仔细审查，认真检查close and careful examination or observation. The act of examining something very carefully. of the bill. He wants the council to check three parts of the law, including the two-day reflection period. Opponentsopponents/əˈpoʊ.nənts/L2反对者，对手people who disagree with a plan, idea, or system. People who are against something. argue this period is too short.
