Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
The thing is, there is no law right now that says that assited suicide is legal, they are slithering out of taking the decision for fear of the fundamentalist Christians -
Most all Christian sects ( however opposed they may be to suicide in and of itself ) are also opposed to maintaining one's life beyond normal measures via what is termed as artificial and or heroic means. IE: if a machine is required to keep you alive beyond a certain point and one's quality of life is grossly affected due too such a condition (as in cases where one is determined to be brain dead etc) then its perfectly acceptable to discontinue such means of preserving the body unnaturally and let the patient die.