Fr. Shenin Boquet, president of Human Life International, has written an excellent article on the interrelationships of the various components of the Culture of Death--Contraception, abortion, euthanasia, divorce, pornography, same-sex “marriage”, and gender ideology (to name some of the big ones). Click the article title to see the beginning of the article, and find a link to the rest of the article.
The idea that assisting a suicide shows compassion and eliminates suffering is misguided. It eliminates the person, and results in suffering for those left behind—grieving families and friends, and other vulnerable people who may be influenced by this event to see death as an escape. Click the article title for more information on true compassion.