Smith then declared, after considering the applicable law, that the provisions of the Criminal Code preventing physician assistance in dying violate disabled people’s right not only to equality, but also to life, liberty, and security. She thus opened the door for physician assistance in dying for any grievously and irremediably ill competent adult, under conditions not very different from those that apply in other jurisdictions where physician assistance in dying is legal.
在考虑了适当的法律后，史密夫随后宣布《刑法》中反对医师协助死亡的条款不但侵犯了残疾人的平等权，还有生命权，自由权和人身安全权。因此她为那些身患恶疾且无法医治的有行为能力的成年人打开了接受协助死亡的大门，其执行条件与其他协助死亡合法化的国家和地区并没有太大的区别。