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In some jurisdictions, helping a person die is illegal. People who support legalizing physician-assisted suicide want the people who assist in a voluntary death to be exempt from criminal prosecution for [[manslaughter]] or similar crimes. Physician-assisted suicide is legal in some countries, under certain circumstances, including [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Assisted suicide in Canada|Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[Assisted suicide in the United States|parts of the United States]] and all six states of [[Euthanasia in Australia|Australia]]. The constitutional courts of [[Colombia]], Germany and Italy legalized assisted suicide, but their governments have not legislated or regulated the practice yet.
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