Suicide is like abortion. If you don't let me legally do it, whether the process is short and fast or long and arduous, I'm going to DIY it. Whether you are for or against legislation, you [i]have[/i] to acknowledge that banning it all together will only create more problems. Doctors have an oath but they are human - I think there are cases where doctors helped patients commit suicide one way or another even before legislation was created here in the Netherlands that legalized euthanasia. And although widely critiqued by [url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dorian-de-wind/santorums-netherlands-euthanasia_b_1301073.html]American idiot politicians[/url], our programs here work overall. They are efficient enough in their goal (lessening the suffering of those that can prove they have a long route of suffering ahead of them with no chance at recovery). 

But that is besides the point - the point is, doctors will still help suffering patients, even if it is 'just' leaving a container of pills on the nightstand and subtly hinting that they are leaving for a long enough time for them to overdose. Suicide is something we cannot control because it is the action of another. Yes, it burdens their family and other surrounding actors, but continuing to live burdens the person themselves. And I know who I'd pick if the question were raised if I wanna help myself or others first.

Assisted suicide should be limited to those who [i]truly[/i] need it but is not a bad thing in and of itself, euthanasia in the Netherlands has shown that much and it offers a much more respectful 'goodbye' than letting these people suffer endlessly until their deaths - and is [i]certainly[/i] more respectful than forcing the person to take their own life in a more gruesome way.

Claiming all suicide is bad is just willfully ignorant.