Euthanasia for the Depressed?

[The Valkyrie]

If we start euthanizing people because they have depression, where does it end?

It begins and ends with patients capable of giving informed consent deciding it's time to die.

And what if, within a short timeframe, a new drug or treatment appears on the market

What ifs are about as effective as arguments as guilt trips are.

Let them give their consent, but that doesn't answer the question entirely.  If someone decides they just want to die simply "because", why should a doctor be brought in to kill them?  They have the ability to take their own life.

Yes, "what ifs" aren't all that effective.

But, with medical breakthroughs coming as quickly as they are, it does have a bearing on this issue.

And a "what if" is better than a, "whoops, oh well . . .".