This is the slippery slope we've been talking about.  I'm not in support of  enacting law for assisting dying in general, though I can understand the compassionate response to terminally ill people incapable of doing anything for themselves (this whole issue was first really publicized in Canada with the example of someone dying from Lou Gehrig's disease).  

However, if this mandate broadens to anyone who wants to have someone else assume the burden their death, even though they are able to do this for themselves (like the unfortunate subject of this article), this is really rather horrifying. 

Mental health is particularly tricky - since, while there are people who never seem to recover from their condition, others do (and would be quite happy if their desire for suicide when they were depressed was not acted upon).

The issue is beginning to resemble how people choose to euthanize their pets.