The decision will almost certainly be appealed, and the final outcome seems likely to depend on the appellate judges’ interpretations of Canadian law. But Smith’s verdict on the ethics of assistance in dying – and of the facts regarding jurisdictions, like the Netherlands and Oregon, that have it – seems likely to stand for a long time to come.
这个决定几乎肯定会遭到反方的上诉，最终的结果似乎将取决于上诉法庭法官对加拿大法律的诠释。但史密夫对协助死亡道德性的裁决——以及荷兰和美国俄勒冈州等安乐死合法化的国家和地区的事实——相信都能经得起时间的考验。