Shouldn't the right to die be a human right?

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Suicide should be legal as long as you are determined mentally fit. The death needs to be at your own hands. As long as you can communicate, worst comes to worst, you can stop feeding. 

Euthanasia/assisted suicide is a bit trickier. You are then asking someone else to take or help take your life. I'm not sure I'd want that on the other persons conscious. I'm not convinced that this task should fall on the medical community, even for the supply of overdose medication. I think that this should probably become a legal option with regulations in place and overseen by the state.  

For situations like persistent vegetative states where you can't communicate your wishes, have your wishes declared before hand in a legally binding document, filed with the state. If you don't, think of the position you have put your family or others in to. Do it while your are still able. 

I watched both my parents die from protracted lingering deaths. That was their choice until the very end days, at which time they were wishing for death. By that time they no longer had the ability to take their own lives. Fortunately it came to the point where either could eat and they were not force feed in hospice. I'm determined not to go out that way if possible. i.e. I have a plan for the end times.

I believe that suicide is legal here in the UK. (Someone correct me if I am wrong.)

I also believe that this was a recent change in the law. Before then, if you were found trying to kill yourself and you were stopped in time, you could be charged with attempting suicide and jailed. As you can imagine, this is a pretty terrible outcome for all concerned. The person clearly needs help, not punishment. So I'm glad this is no longer the case.