This is a terrible terrible justification for a great social injustice. Instead of doing the very hard work of caring for the suffering around us, and doing all we can to make their lives worth living, we 'compassionately' advocate for easier ways to ensure an early death. My wife and I are care givers to family members that are mentally ill and disabled as well as elderly and wheel chair bound. We work hard every day to meet needs they cannot anymore and to show that their lives matter to us. We also work to get them all the outside help they can. It is the best way we could be spending our lives and each person we care knows they are loved and valued in our family.
Lets be honest and admit that euthanasia or assisted suicide or whatever you want to call it is not really about compassion but about an unwillingness of the healthy and well among us to sacrifice ourselves for the good of others. What an inhumane country we have become.