2002年4月初,全世界的媒体都在不约而同地报道一个具有巨大震撼力的消息:荷兰议会2001年4月通过的有关“安乐死”合法的法案于2002年4月1日正式生效,从而结束了荷兰历史上长达30年有关“安乐死”是否合法的争论,荷兰因此成为世界上第一个将实施“安乐死”合法化的国家。它犹如人权保护的地平线上一缕新的曙光,使人类越来越清晰地看到了 At the beginning of April 2002, the media in the world were invariably reporting a hugely powerful message: the law passed by the Dutch parliament in April 2001 on “euthanasia” came into effect on April 1, 2002, and ended up The Dutch history of up to 30 years on the “euthanasia” whether the legal debate, the Netherlands therefore became the world’s first “euthanasia” to legalize the country. It is like a ray of new light on the horizon of human rights protection that makes human beings see it more clearly