9月25日 —— 教皇利奥周五在法国的一次演讲中坚定阐述了天主教会对安乐死倡议的反对立场，此前两个月，该国在经历多年激烈辩论后，为患有不治之症的人士确立了合法的死亡权利。
Sept 25 - Pope Leo firmly set out the Catholic Church's opposition to assisted dying initiatives in a speech in France on Friday, two months after the country created a legal right to die for those with incurable illnesses after years of intense debate.
这位首位美国籍教皇并未专门提及法国的新法律——该法律引发了当地天主教主教的强烈反对——但他将安乐死与代孕、基因操控一并批评，并暗示这些做法可能因牟利而被推广。"我坚定地重申，保护生命权构成了所有其他人权不可或缺的基础，"教皇在爱丽舍宫向法国总统马克龙及其他政界人士发表讲话时表示。
The first US pope did not specifically mention France's new law, which drew heated opposition from local Catholic bishops, but criticized assisted dying alongside surrogacy and genetic manipulation, which he suggested could be promoted for profit. "I firmly reiterate that the protection of the right to life constitutes the indispensable foundation of every other human right," the pope said in an address to French President Emmanuel Macron and other politicians at the Elysee.
他说："我有时会对社会上那些趋势感到担忧，它们有将科学技术变成以牟利为目的的事业的风险，从而推动基因操控、代孕、人体器官交易，或安排自己死亡的可能性。"
"I am concerned at times by those trends in society that risk turning science and technology into profit-driven ventures promoting genetic manipulation, surrogacy, the trade in human organs or the possibility of arranging one's own death," he said.
法国民众对安乐死措施普遍表示支持，支持者称，这让面临不治之症且在生命终期承受难以忍受痛苦的人们，对如何离世拥有更多自主权。
There is broad public support for the assisted dying measure in France, with backers saying it gives people facing incurable illnesses and unbearable suffering at the end of their lives more autonomy over how they die.
新立法规定，在严格条件下，个人可以请求获得致死药物，可自行服用，或在身体无法自行服用时由医生或护士协助给药。
The new legislation allows, under strict conditions, a person to request a lethal substance that can be self-administered or administered by a doctor or nurse if a person is physically unable to do so.
天主教会、一些其他宗教团体以及部分医学界人士认为，将安乐死合法化可能会给本已脆弱的人群带来压力，一位主教甚至威胁要拒绝向支持该立法的任何议员分发圣体。安乐死在多个欧洲国家和美国部分州已被允许。
The Catholic Church, some other religious groups and some in the medical profession argued that legalising assisted dying could put pressure on already vulnerable people, with one bishop threatening to deny communion to any lawmaker who supported the legislation. Assisted dying is already permitted in several European countries and some US states.
代孕做法——即一名女性代表其他有意向的父母怀孕并分娩——在法国是被禁止的。
The practice of surrogacy — under which a woman carries and gives birth to a child on behalf of other intended parents — is banned in France.
但该国最高法院裁定，通过海外代孕出生的孩子应在法国被认定为其预期父母的
But the country's top court has ruled that children born via surrogacy abroad should be recognised in France as the children of their intended parents.