I actually don’t see anything wrong with this. Really. I mean, I know there are elderly folk who do feel a burden on their families. They want to go, before they spend all their money that they saved for the kids on their medical care. What’s wrong with giving them an option? When it comes to death we give our pets more love than ourselves…we put them down when the pain gets too much, but Grandma must just keep on suffering no matter what.
What becomes of people like me? I have no children and never will. I have every intention of taking care of myself but what happens if I can’t? Do I just live on and on, breaking my SO’s heart even further as well as bankrupting him? I’d rather there be assisted suicide.
I don’t know about young people but I would say we should not stop them, though I would like to see a waiting period instituted. I don’t want people killing themselves on a whim, I’d like it to be a well thought out decision. But no one who is the support of a minor child. I’m sorry, but I do believe you abrogated some of your rights when you had a child, and for a while, anyway, the child takes precedence.