On this day, 29 years ago, July 1, 1996 (May 16, 1996, the world's first law allowing voluntary euthanasia came into effect. On July 1, 1996, the world's first law allowing voluntary euthanasia came into effect in the Northern Territory of Australia. Euthanasia, a topic that has been debated internationally for many years, has attracted people's attention again. The so-called euthanasia refers to the execution of painless death to end the suffering of patients with incurable diseases. Some Western countries have different attitudes on whether patients can be euthanized. In the United Kingdom, on February 4, 1993, the United Kingdom's Supreme Vocational Court ruled on a 21-year-old patient whose brain had been necrotic for 4 years: it agreed to the application of the patient's parents and doctor to stop injecting nutrient solution into him. This is the only case of euthanasia in British legal history. Afterwards, Justice Mastile explained that there is a significant difference between removing support measures that make a person struggle to maintain life and taking positive measures aimed at ending a person's life, which "amounts to murder." Germany has no clear attitude towards euthanasia, but it allows doctors to provide passive or indirect death assistance to patients. If doctors do not replace patients with renal failure with artificial kidneys, this is passive death aid. Doctors tolerate patients taking painkillers such as morphine to shorten lives, which is an indirect death aid. However, Germany prohibits injecting life-ending drugs into patients at their request or administering poisons to patients. Not only does France not advocate euthanasia, but its criminal law also clearly stipulates that active aiding in death will be punished. The Netherlands introduced a law on January 1, 1994 allowing patients to be euthanized. The law stipulates that before euthanasia, doctors must conduct a comprehensive examination of the patient according to a 28-item physical examination form to prove that the patient has indeed suffered from a terminal illness; the patient is in unbearable pain and has repeatedly made requests to be willing to die; before providing death assistance, doctors must discuss with colleagues and the patient's family members, and apply to the relevant judicial department, which will make a ruling after investigation. According to the law, doctors who euthanize patients without the consent of the judiciary will be punished, with a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison. In view of this, some people believe that the law does not directly mean that it wants to legalize euthanasia. On July 1 this year, the High Court of the Northern Territory (Federal Territory) of Australia approved the Advanced Patient Powers Act passed in May last year. When the law comes into effect, it will set an international precedent. The law allows doctors to inject lethal poisons into patients who request euthanasia. Restrictions include: patients must prove that they are terminally ill and beyond cure; psychiatrists must rule out clinical depression in the person who claims death; Patients have to wait 48 hours after applying to give them time to reconsider; the patient is competent to operate the euthanasia device, etc. The euthanasia device consists of a pocket computer, a syringe pump, an intravenous catheter and a cord connected to the computer. After turning on the power, the computer screen prompts: "If you press the 'yes' button, your body will receive a fatal injection within 30 seconds and die immediately." Are you willing to follow the procedure? Please select the 'Yes' button or the 'No' button." If the patient finally selects the "yes" button, the computer will activate the relevant equipment and inject a mixture of barbitonate and muscle relaxant into the patient's arm. The patient will fall asleep quickly and slowly stop breathing.