Heartbreaking. Inspiring.

[Ben Davis]

I'm undecided on the question. The libertarian in me says the right to commit suicide is a personal liberty and as long as no harm comes to anyone one else, people should be free to engage in personal liberties without being regulated by the government. But there is a part of me that doesn't like the idea of suicide kits being sold to anyone who wants them.

Its not that I view everything as black and white. Its that I like my world view to be consistent.

You should examine the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg) methods; generally recognised as the most progressive and abuse-avoidant series of practices in the world. They're not perfect but they accompany well-thought-through processes with long-term social education programs in order to teach their populations that the right to die does not imply a reduced value of life; quite the opposite, in fact. As a result, people are generally sensitive to the needs of the terminally ill and supportive of the rights to dignity and self-determination. Where abuses have occurred, those who've been found guilty of coercing people in to suicide have been criminally punished as murderers and those stories are considered as scandalous over there as paedophilia cases are in the US/UK.