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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Swiss right-to-die group gets green light for new suicide room 瑞士主張死亡權的團體獲得同意開設新的自殺房
◎李信漢
A Swiss organisation that helps terminally ill people take their own lives and defends their right to refuse medical treatment said on Monday local authorities had allowed it to open another room for assisted suicides.
一個瑞士的團體，宗旨為幫助末期病人結束他們自己生命，和捍衛他們拒絕醫治之權利。這個團體週一說，當地的主管機關，已允許他們另開設一個房間，做為施行輔助性自殺之用。
Exit, which provides lethal drugs to help people die, said the Basel canton’s local building council had dismissed objections to its plan to convert part of its office in Binning, Switzerland, into an assisted suicide room.
這個叫「出口」的團體，提供致命的藥物幫助病人死亡。他們說，巴塞爾州當地的建築議會已駁回異議——反對「出口」的計畫，將他們於瑞士賓寧一部份辦公室改裝為一間輔助自殺的自殺房。
Some local residents and businesses had objected to having such a facility nearby and argued it did not conform to local building regulations.
一些當地居民和商人已提出異議，反對在鄰近街區有這樣一個設施，並質疑這不符合當地的建築法規。
The room would be Zurich-based Exit’s second in Switzerland. The group’s board will now decide whether to convert the room.
這個輔助自殺室可能會是總部設於蘇黎士的「出口」，於瑞士境內第二個施行輔助性自殺的自殺房。這個團體的董事會現在將決定是否要將位於賓寧的辦公室改建成輔助性自殺房。
Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the 1940s, if performed by someone with no direct interest in the death.
瑞士從1940年代開始就已將輔助性自殺合法化，如果是由某個與死者無直接利害關係的人來施行的話。
A rise in the number of foreigners seeking assisted suicides in Switzerland has provoked heated debate in the country.
外國人到瑞士尋求輔助性自殺的數量增長，已在瑞士國內引發熱烈辯論。
In 2011, voters in the canton of Zurich rejected a proposed ban on assisted suicide and "suicide tourism". A year later, the national parliament voted against tightening controls on the practice. (Reuters)
在2011年，蘇黎士州的選民否決一項禁止輔助性自殺和「自殺旅行」的提案。1年後，瑞士國會再次投票否決緊縮控管施行輔助性自殺。（路透）
新聞辭典
dismiss：動詞，駁回，不受理。例句：The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.（法官因缺乏證據而拒不受理這宗案件。）
conform：動詞，符合。例句：The building doesn’t conform to local regulations.（這棟建築不符合當地法規。）
convert：動詞，改變，轉換。例句：They converted the garage into a theater. （他們將車庫改成戲院。）
