Assisted Suicide and the vulnerable

Debra Saunders raises -- or, reminds us of -- some very important issues and concerns regarding what appears to be the new push in many states for assisted-suicide legalization ("Help the Rich Not Get Too Much Care"):  

Gov. Jerry Brown spent time with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. His office won’t say if he’ll sign or veto an assisted-suicide bill. He knows what he should do. True compassion engenders striving to cure illness, relieve pain and offer warmth to those who are suffering. That is dignity.

Those who say they want the option of assisted suicide, said, Barnes, essentially are “pointing at a disabled person and saying, 'I don’t want to live like that.’” That’s not dignity.