Quote Originally Posted by Ozme52 View Post
Tough topic. I think people should have the right to make that decision for themselves.

I think it's okay to "assist" if that assistance is to help bring the person and means together... but...

The person committing the suicide has to be the one, and the only one, with the "finger on the trigger". S/he has to swallow the pills, or close the circuit, or inject the drug, or tie off the plastic bag... or whatever the means of suicide, themself.
But it's the helpless who often want this most of all. I have seen my mother and my wife die slowly from starvation, helpless and in constant pain, because withdrawing tube feeding was the only way the doctors were allowed to help them to die. And in case you didn't know, that takes a horribly long time for someone who is bedridden and not using much energy.

If I had been allowed to help my wife on her way and spare her those last horrible weeks, I would have done it gladly, and with her happy thanks.