California is interesting, as the laws do seem to have some effect. After all, while the suicide rate is rising across the US for the last couple years, California stays flat, bucking the trend. Illinois does have a lower suicide rate overall, but unlike California it's following the trend and rising up.

Why not?

Have you worked in the emergency services or the health sector and seen what people have to endure even with the aid of powerful drugs?

Life is precious and the government shouldn't let people kill themselves.

edit: No I haven't worked in an emergency room.

Not for everyone,people should have the freedom to decide that for themselves.

I do not think you ever had to endure the kind of pain or even come close to what some of those experience,if you had you might have came up with a better argument instead of mirroring that personal take.

It wouldn't be the decision of the Government, it would be a decision by the person in pain, if anything not having it legalized means that the Government is controlling peoples options related to their own life rather than allowing individuals the right to choose. - Thus your stance is a little bit (And respectfully) hypocritical.

I didn't ask if you worked in an emergency room... That kind of life experience isn't necessary to get an appropriate idea of what kind of quality of life (Or lack there-of) these people looking at such options have.

We are talking about individuals confined to a bed in excessive pain, unable to walk, partake in family events like birthdays, work or live life, they generally need a carer/nurse to look after them... And often many are unable to even sleep due to the constant excessive pain without the aid of powerful drugs... In short, they are a vegetable that is constantly screaming out for help... And they can end up being in that state for decades... It's frankly rather depressing.

In any other scenario we would put an animal down to end it's suffering, where-as with human beings we seem to prolong it.

I used to work as a carer, I had to care for such individuals, it's not pretty, it's not easy...

The government shouldnt let people make that decision. I don't like the government getting involved in a lot of things but not promoting sucide is a good thing.

That's literally what you asked "Have you worked in the emergency services or the health sector and seen what people have to endure even with the aid of powerful drugs?". I haven't worked in these places but i've been in an emergency room a few times and yeah the pain people go through sucks but they should just fight it and they can get better.

People should not decide to put an animal down because we don't have their consent and it's wrong anyway.

So since I haven't experienced something I can't give my opinion on it?

You always can but it looks like your lack of experience holds you back from seeing the full picture,thinking "suicide is bad" and involving that into this argument could be considered a pretty empty black and white thoughtprocess .

Euthanasia is promoting sucide in some instances. If it were legal worldwide liek Dark Lord suggested then the option would be given to more people.

For the very rare cases where people won't get better they should try to enjoy the little life they have left. Also you don't know if they won't get better. Medicine is getting better everyday so there is always a chance a cure to cancer can be found any day now.

And that's a bad decision.

My thought process here is not empty. It's very full. If you kill yourself you're commiting sucide. If you're sick and ask someoen to kill you you're still commiting sucide because you're givng them your consent. Medicine is always getting better and even if the odds are low you never know what can happen.

The Government isn't promoting suicide.
The Government would essentially be stepping back from dictating any decision relating to it, leaving the choice with the individual and their families.

What you are actually proposing is for government intervention to tell people what they can and can't do...

Besides, if someone is in excessive pain, they can "make" their own creative ways to end their life anyway, regardless of what the Government says or do... I mean, what is the Government going to do? Jail them? They are dead.

Besides when people take action in their own way, it is often a more brutal and painful way anyway. - Having pain-free options would make it a much cleaner and humane process... And hopefully result in me being called to less incidents where someone has literally jumped off a bridge or cliff and I have to scrape up their bloody leftovers.

The Emergency Services isn't just an emergency room.
It's any first responder... Be it an Urban Search and Rescue from a collapsed building, Firefighter entering a burning home, Extricating casualties from a car accident... You name it.

They often don't get better. - That is the entire point. You are proposing that people should suffer in pain indefinitely.

A few years ago I went to a truck rollover with about 100 sheep in it.
I had to assist in killing half the stock as many had broken necks, broken legs, large wounds that would have simply meant that those animals would not have had any chance of surviving or minimal quality of life... In short, it was better for the animals to be put down and disposed of then and there. (No, you couldn't eat them due to various reasons.)

Their consent wasn't necessary, you don't allow animals to suffer, it's brutal and wrong.

You can provide your opinion on it (And is something that is welcomed!), it just means it's not from a more educated lived-perspective.

But I am wondering if you have formed your perspective due to religious influences or something else?