A culture of disdain for disabled and elderly persons is more likely to come about if we embrace a right to assisted suicide. Each endorsement of suicide endangers not only the lives but also the human dignity and quality of support relationships of persons with burdensome infirmities.
Easing access to suicide continues to be debated, usually in discussions of the legalisation of assisted suicide (now often called euphemistically “aid in dying”). But there is an argument that may not be h…
