In my home state assisted suicide is legal. It has been for several years. The voters voted it in. The federal government under the current administration tried and failed to strike it down. There have been no reported instances of abuse. People, who have terminal illnesses which may become unbearably debilitating and/or painful, have been interviewed on television. They state that while they are not sure they will ever use it, it is comforting to know that it is available to them should they need it.

I personally believe that the right to die is each person's last right. No one else should deprive them of that right. Death of the physical body, after all, is not the end. The spirit is leaving one house and entering another, so to speak. The biggest gift during one's final days and hours is the gift of compassion.