Actually, most people don’t really have a problem with the idea that, if they really wanted to die, they might be able to get help.
What most people are scared about is that, once it is legal for a doctor or nurse to “help you die”, that the doctors and nurses will start killing you because your life isn’t worthwhile, and will then SAY you wanted to die.
By making suicide illegal, it prevents doctors from being able to kill you and get away with it.
In practice, if a spouse kills their partner, and it looks like that was the desire of the partner, “the law” tends to look the other way, or administer minor punishment.
Absolutely. And if we place government in charge of life/death decisions, then the decisions are made regardless of the individual or family’s desires.