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

[Catholic_Lady]

It shouldn't matter as to what someone else thinks anyway. The choice of whether and how a person wants to die should be entirely up to that person. We are forced into this world, we should have a say on whether we want to continue on with it or not..

It shouldn't be so much a black and white issue though, because the government still has a duty to protect the vulnerable. Unfortunately, there are people out there who get off on others committing suicide. Yep, it's an actual fetish. If we completely give assisted suicide free reign, there will be people out there who won't hesitate to take advantage of mentally ill individuals for their own gratification.

If someone has a terminal illness and they want to take a pill that will put them to sleep and kill them painlessly, I think that should be legally permissible. But only if the doctor agrees to it, and no doctor should be forced to offer that kind of "service." 

Personally I think it's a heinous thing and not at all ethical on the part of the doctor. If I was a doctor I would never agree to that myself. But again, when we have 2 consenting adults in a professional, medically controlled setting... the government should stay out of it.