This thread strikes right home for me for personal reasons, as right now a relative of mine is suffering from deep and widespread cancer (I do not know if it's terminal, but given their age and how widespread it is, recovery would be nothing short of an absolute miracle). I will note that despite being legal in Spain, euthanasia has not been even remotely mentioned as an option, and it is very unlikely it will be (for a lot of reasons that I will definitely not go into).
That being said, no, opting for assisted suicide does not make you "weak" or a worse person, or anything like that. In my view, there is no one stronger than those suffering from such a painful terminal illness, regarding of whether they choose assisted death or not. If you truly believe that, when in terrible suffering and pain, that doctors have certified that has a 0% chance of recovery, you should not even have the option to end said suffering in private, with your loved ones, rather than being forced to suffer for weeks or months on end for no purpose, well, I have nothing to say to you other than "F*** you"
And no, allowing people who want to to opt for assisted suicide is not some sort of societal moral failing, regardless of whether you base it on faith or on any other sort of philosophical grounding. In fact, it's not even like you're forced to, I am pretty sure any notary will easily sign you off on a last will that explicitly bans euthanasia if you are worried about it somehow being exercised against your will. And indeed consent is extremely important for it to be morally acceptable.
I will also echo Al's, Nathan's and Antonio's comments that the general debate over euthanasia and the specifics of Canada's law are 2 very different debates. Even as someone in favour of it being an option I can definitely see why Canada's law is problematic and I am very much not comfortable with many of the cases shown by the article (even if the issue is also probably being sensationalized). I could very much go into why I feel that way and in what specific cases I think assisted death should be an option or not. But the specifics of Canadian law and the general debate are 2 very separate debates.
