2027年3月，加拿大原计划允许仅患有精神疾病的人获得协助死亡服务，但该计划现已无限期暂停。
People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.
作者：Nadine Yousif。加拿大政府表示，由于尚未就哪些人符合资格达成共识，将无限期暂停将其医疗协助死亡法律扩展至仅患有精神疾病人群的计划。
By Nadine Yousif Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible.
此前，今年早些时候，一个议会小组建议不应扩大医疗协助死亡服务——在加拿大被称为“Maid”服务——的适用范围。
It comes after a parliamentary panel earlier this year recommended that medically assisted dying - known as Maid in Canada - should not be expanded.
周三，加拿大司法部长肖恩·弗雷泽表示：“尽管在这一问题上尚未达成完美共识，但我们认为这是正确的做法。”
On Wednesday, Canada's justice minister, Sean Fraser, said that "while there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach".
支持将该项目扩展至仅患有精神疾病人群的人士认为，不这样做将侵犯他们的宪法权利和获得医疗服务的权利。
Supporters of extending the programme to those with mental illness alone argue that not doing so violates their constitutional rights and access to healthcare.
目前仍有一起联邦案件在法院审理中，该案件质疑政府此前推迟向精神疾病患者提供“Maid”服务的决定。
A federal case remains before the courts challenging the government's earlier decision to delay access to Maid for people with mental illness.
周三的声明意味着，仅患有精神疾病的加拿大人将无法按照原计划在2027年3月之前获得协助死亡服务。
Wednesday's announcement means that Canadians with mental illness as their sole condition will not be able to access assisted dying by March 2027 as previously planned.
2016年，加拿大开始允许晚期疾病患者合法使用医疗协助死亡服务，这类患者至今仍占绝大多数案例。
Medically assisted dying became legal in Canada in 2016 for people with terminal illnesses, who still account for the vast majority of cases.
在魁北克省的一起诉讼之后，2021年该服务被扩展至患有不可治愈疾病但死亡尚未临近的人群。在加拿大，这一机制被称为“第二轨道”Maid服务。
Following a court case in Quebec, it was expanded in 2021 to people with incurable conditions but whose death was not imminent. In Canada, that mechanism is known as "track two" Maid.
这项扩展引发了争议，残障权益团体报告称，曾出现向残障人士主动提供协助死亡服务的情况，而这些患者本人并未提出请求。
The expansion has been the subject of controversy, with disability advocacy groups reporting cases where assisted dying was offered to people with disabilities without a patient requesting it themselves.
加拿大最初计划于2023年将协助死亡法律扩展至仅患有精神疾病的人群，但曾两次推迟，以便有时间研究其实施可能性。
Canada was first set to expand its assisted dying laws to people whose sole condition is mental illness in 2023, but it delayed doing so twice to allow for time to study its potential delivery.
如果您受到本文提及的任何问题的影响，可在BBC的“行动热线”（Action Line）上找到相关信息和支持。
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this story, information and support can be found at the BBC's Action Line.
在加拿大，您可以拨打 988 联系自杀危机求助热线获得支持。
In Canada, support can be found at the Suicide Crisis Helpline by dialling 988