2 西班牙安乐死合法化，是对病患的“死刑判决”吗？

Spanish lawmakers pass bill allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide
西班牙议员通过法案，允许安乐死及协助自杀
Spanish lawmakers(议员) on Thursday voted in favor 1_____ a law decriminalizing(使…合法化) euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, 2_____(make) it likely that Spain will join a handful of other countries where terminally ill patients can legally obtain help 3_____( end) their lives.
Aid in dying remains 4_____(hot) debated in several countries and has been at the heart of several major court cases. Earlier this year, a German court overturned a ban on 5_____(assist) suicide.
On Thursday in Madrid, a small group of demonstrators(示威者) gathered outside the Parliament to oppose the new law to the beat of funeral drums, some waving skull-and-crossbone signs.
But during the parliamentary debate, María Luisa Carcedo, a former health minister, argued that the law allowed Spain to take "a step forward in civil rights." Far from being "an imposition by the state," she added, the law meant that "it is the patient 6_____decides."
Conservative(保守的) lawmakers voted against the law. Lourdes Méndez, a lawmaker for the far-right Vox party, said that the law amounted to "signing death sentences for the 7_____(weak)."
Until now, a person suffering from a terminal illness in Spain could refuse 8_____(treat), but the new law will also allow such a patient to receive assistance to endure a painless death, as long as that help 9_____(seek) "freely and unequivocally(明确地)."
Before seeking assistance, the law says, patients must have been granted full information about their conditions. The law also specifies that the request to die must be made in writing and must then be repeated 15 days 10_____(late).
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1 of  2 making  3 to end  4 hotly  5 assisted
6 who  7 weakest  8 treatment  9 is sought  10 later