[recycled sixtie]

Many good points here. Tweeze has the background and experience in that field and that takes a lot of courage.So she knows what she is talking about. When I visit my FIL(97) in his group home, I am sure that many there have suicidal thoughts but have no means to end their life. Their meds are rationed and there is no body of water or steep cliff to end a life.

Conversely there are many people that are younger and live in an impossibly bad situation(eg. bad marriages, abuse etc) and have the means to end life but choose not to. I am sure when a person chooses to end their life, the illegality of the act does not enter their mind.