Euthanasia for the Depressed?

[Ravenshire]

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

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 . . .".

Believe me, Beccs, I appreciate all you're saying. I just don't agree that others have the right to dictate a person's actions unless they're proven incapable of making decisions for themselves. And, I don't necessarily believe a doctor need be involved in the process, except, on a voluntary basis, to write a prescription (Oregon and Washington have proven there are doctors willing).