[单项选择] When the vote was finally taken, it was 3:45 in the morning. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the fives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure was passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.Almost at the same time word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on through the group’’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: "We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’’t just something that happened in Australia. It’’s world history." The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief; others ,including churches, right-to-life grou
A. the objection to euthanasia is diminishing in some countries.
B. physicians and citizens have the same view on euthanasia.
C. technological changes are chiefly responsible for the new law.
D. it takes time to appreciate the significance of laws passed.