Oh, but we already do this - just with a small subset of patients... and pets. Vets have to kill pets quite often. As far as patients are concerned: We have li

Oh, but we already do this - just with a small subset of patients... and pets. Vets have to kill pets quite often. As far as patients are concerned: We have life support, and we withhold life support once we conclude that there is little to no chance of recovery. Assisted suicide allows this sort of thing sooner, for folks that are suffering. Those death angels you speak of aren't angels. These are murderers. You are afraid folks are going to murder others. This already happens, and we already have laws against this. We can very quickly produce statistics on what sorts of people seek out assisted death: We can look to other places.