Suicide is not a crime in Canada, so, as Taylor put it: “I simply cannot understand why the law holds that the able-bodied who are terminally ill are allowed to shoot themselves when they have had enough because they are able to hold a gun steady, but because my illness affects my ability to move and control my body, I cannot be allowed compassionate help to allow me to commit an equivalent act using lethal medication.”
在加拿大自杀并不是一项罪行，因此正如泰勒所说：“我就是无法理解为何法律允许那些身患绝症但活动自如的人在受够了折磨之后举枪自杀，理由仅仅是因为他们可以把枪稳稳地拿在手里，而由于我的病影响了我行动以及控制自己身体的能力，就不允许我在同情者的协助下用药物实施同等的行为。”