“As an American I want the individual and his family to make that decision, not some idiot bureaucrat in Washington.”
Your point is -very- well taken.
But — what if I, the individual, suffering from severe pain with little or no hope of recovery, decide for myself that I’d like “assisted suicide”?
That’s a serious question. You have previously stated what you believe. Do I have the right to do this?
(Actually, I kind of liked the idea of “ethical suicide parlors” in Vonnegut’s “Welcome to the Monkey House”....)
Welcome to FR.
*Assisted suicide* is murder plain and simple, only with a willing victim.
Nobody can stop you from killing yourself which is what suicide is. The minute you engage someone else’s participation, you have bloodied their hands with the charge of murder. That’s a terrible thing to inflict on someone, especially when they stand before God.
Calling it *assisted suicide* is deception to the person who is doing the assisting.
You may have the ABILITY to take your own life, but this does not make it a right. Moreover, you have no right to involve another person, but that is what you propose.
That’s a serious question. You have previously stated what you believe. Do I have the right to do this?
The right to life DOES NOT include any "right" to die.