Since the Suicide Act, the nation has become less paternalistic, less likely to think the sanctity of life trumps all else and more likely to think that personal autonomy does.

自从自杀法案颁布以来，国家家长专断式作法减少，不再将生命的圣洁性看的高于一切，更加赞同个人意志。

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Depression prompts people to think about suicide-anxiety, impulsivity, or substances can prompt them to act upon that impulse.

抑郁促使人们思虑死亡——焦虑、冲动性或物质使用能促使他们按照冲动行事。

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Switzerland has a policy of not prosecuting those who assist suicide as long as they can show they did not act selfishly.

瑞士则有一项政策，不允许起诉那些无个人私心帮助病人死去的医生。

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She is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

Ms Fleming is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.

BBC: Marie Fleming and Tom Curran

The Suicide Act 1961 - which makes assisting suicide illegal - states that the DPP decides on all cases of assisting suicide.

BBC: MPs back assisted dying guidelines