Life of the Lay:  We used to believe that women's labor, in giving birth, was punishment for Original Sin.  Then we created epidurals, etc., and now women can give birth, at least at the end of labor, without great pain.  Some mothers choose not to use pain killers, but that's their choice, of course.  But no one would deny a laboring mother any pain reduction or elimination, Original Sin or not.  And so should be physician-assisted suicide --  I think Medical Aid in Dying is a more accurate description -- be a person's choice.  To glorify and celebrate suffering -- that's not rational, not at all compassionate.  I would gather that you have no idea how horrible physical and/or mental suffering can be.  There is nothing redemptive and/or holy about terrible suffering.  Neither is being in a nursing home redemptive and/or holy.   Try being a Hospice volunteer for 17 years -- I think you would change your mind.  I'm glad we have MAID, and I plan on using it when and if necessary.