This is one issue I never did understand why so many are against it. IF a patient is terminal and IF they are of sound mind at one point to say to their doctor/lawyer/loved ones "If I am in X situation with no chance of what could be called life, if I will be in pain before death, if I will be suffering, then I wish to die peacefully" then who is anyone ELSE to tell that person 'no'?
Both my aunt and uncle died of ALS; my aunt was confined to a wheelchair, my uncle died before he got to that point. So I KNOW what that disease is like, and it is normally fatal (though exceptions exist I admit). Who is someone from, say, Alberta, to tell them that they could not die with dignity if they so wished?
My grandmother died of, and my uncle is suffering from Alzheimers. If he, before he reached a point of total dementia, had stated a wish to die when it got too extreme, who is anyone from anywhere to deny him that right?
My mother has already asked that if she ends up in certain medical situations, that we do all we can to see her die peacefully, and if assisted suicide is an answer, so be it. That is HER wish, stated to all of us. Who is any of you to tell us "no"?