I’m in favor of it, but I have a few stipulations.
1— It must be requested by the patient at the time, and carried out within a week or less. You can not state in any kind of will that it is your wish to be euthanased in the event of certain conditions
2— Any doctor, nurse or other member of staff who says “you know… there is always euthanasia” or otherwise puts pressure on the patient, shall lose their license to practice medicine, no second chances, no exceptions.
3— It must be carried out by a qualified doctor, except in cases where all you need to do is push a button.
4— The psychiatrist has to give you an all-clear bill of mental health.
Basically, I’m in favor of it because, really, what possibly logical and rational argument could you ever have against it? other than appeals to emotions, I doubt you will find any strong arguments for why a person should not have the right to die.
You will see by my stipulations, that I’m assuming we are talking about sick people who are suffering, but I would not have any problem with someone ending their life, even if they where physically ok. Again, the persons right to decide trumps all other concerns.
As for why I have the stipulations that I have, I will leave you to figure that out.