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

[Catholic_Lady]

I just think this can quickly become a slippery slope, and I feel like I'm seeing it here.

So we permit assisted suicide for the terminally ill and for those with severe debilitating illnesses or disabilities. Ok.. morally I don't agree. But I agree that in these cases, the government should leave it up to the individual and a doctor.

But it should stop there with a hard line.

Why is it your business that someone else wants to die? If your faith holds that all life is sacred, that's great -- don't kill yourself. But who are you to tell anyone else that your faith is more important than their own wishes with their own body?

Why is my faith being brought into discussion? I specifically said this isn't about my faith.

When someone is depressed and wants to die, I think as a society we should strive to save them, not help them go through with hurting themselves. To me, this seems like a human thing, not a specifically religious thing.

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When we thought one of our friends from here was going to kill themselves, we called the cops on him to stop it from happening. We didn't sit around and say "oh well you know, let him do as he will. Ito none of our business. I hope someone is there to help him do it successfully." No, we tried to save him. And consisering this is an atheist forum, no one involved except myself was religious.