With the appropriate medical advice and help, how dare anyone tell me I can't commit suicide. It is my life and I shall do with it as I choose.

'Human nature is not perfect but do you really think the young will start eyeing off their inheritances? You do have a poor view of human nature, and while warranted in some cases'

Pelican

There are 100000 mothers who agree to have their unborn babies murdered each year predominantly for convenience. Why suddenly does the nature change when it comes to oldies? Its a wonder some 'scientist' has not yet come up with the theory that someone over 75 is no longer a person.

Why is this a hard issue? we should be in charge of our own bodies. If someone is of sound mind then they should free to do watever they want to themselves. Why is it so hard for the Author to understand that he has not got the right to tell the rests of us how to live or die. He has got very right to control his own life why does he want to control others?

The thing I find most amusing is he is a member of a death cult who's head did a stone age version of "death by cop". In your opion killing yourself is a sin, that why your against it stop trying to tell us it's for any other reason.

I couldn't agree more with Rexw. The comments of Rosana Capolingua just show the arrogance of the medical community.
The answer is to simply allow the sale of the necessary drugs or means by which to kill oneself. I can't think of anything worse than trying to convince some panel of medical bureaucrats that I genuinely want to die. How humiliating. I would much rather use the rope.
Fortunately most of us have the brains and creativity to work out a reasonable method of suicide without needing the assistance of doctors or pharmacists or anyone else. We don't need to be formalising euthanasia. This is one area of life best left to the individual affected.

runner
We are talking about live people. Regarding abortion, there is a lot of disagreement about when 'life' begins which is why late term abortions are generally frowned apon because there is a point when a bunch of cells become a formed 'person'. It is a difficult one I grant you and it is an issue of conflicting 'rights' and weighing up those in the balance. Many people who decry abortion also decry single mothers so it is a no win situation for women, especially those who cannot support their child and there is not much support from society or governments particularly now that we have all become economic units rather than family units.

You have ignored your own 'draw the line' exception regarding life decisions in the death penalty?

This is not about abortion, the arguments and complexities are largely different.

Some people act as though this is going to be a compulsory requirement in the spirit of Logan's Run or Soylent Green. Distorting what this is about does not add any value to the debate.

"This is not about abortion, the arguments and complexities are largely different."

Quite correct. With euthanasia or suicide it is an adult with full capacity choosing to end their own life. With abortion it is an adult choosing to end someone else's life for their own convenience.
Abortion is more the equivalent of involuntary euthanasia.