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

[ApeNotKillApe]

That's why I think assisted suicide should be available to everyone as a part of the health service with a 7 day waiting period and consultation.

But why though? What if they don't want to wait, and what if they don't want a consultation.

If they don't want to wait or consult someone, they'll just go and do it, as people do now. My thinking is that some things stop being problems the moment you stop making them problems. The stigma that surrounds suicide, the common perceptions of suicide as selfish or cowardly or immoral or deity-enraging are preventatives of suicide in the short term, but in the end are harmful to the individual, who is already suffering emotional pain and (from my experience) doesn't need another reason to feel bad about themselves. It only makes things worse, it makes the person more depressed, less likely to talk about their problems and more likely to do something stupid. Telling people that what they're feeling is 'wrong' generally doesn't help anyone, whether that be depression, drug use or sexual preference.

If you normalized suicide, you remove the stigma, and you allow people to come forward and talk about their problems, which most likely is actually just a cry for help, because most people with suicidal thoughts aren't actualy suicidal but they need to get help before they become so. And the ones that are will kill themselves regardless, but I personally would like it if I were able to discuss a family member's suicide with them before it happened, rather than be surprised.