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I am going to disagree with a lot this. I haven't seen this movie but this theme isn't new and was certainly covered in the TV show "Dallas" some years ago.
In the show Ray Krebbs nephew Mickey is in a car accident and is a quadriplegic and begs Ray to pull the plug on him which he does and then Ray is tried for murder, etc..
So this is nothing new and it's a stretch to say this film is advocating euthanasia or assisted suicide.
Would any of us really want to continue in a useless existence like that or want a loved to if they didn't want to. Tough questions and no easy answers and every case is different. Some people would want to live and others not.
I suppose that may be the idea in the film to stimulate debate and ask tough questions but it doesn't offer any easy answers.
So to single this film out and invite or infer an agenda or suggestions it has hidden meanings might be stretching it quite a bit.
There are other films that have dealt with this issue, one other film that comes to mind is "Whose Life Is It Anyway?", a 1981 movie with Richard Dreyfess that deals with this issue head on and I certainly don't remember anyone picking up on this film and accusing it of supporting assisted suicide although that was the theme running through it.
Anyone else think of any other films or TV movies or shows that dealt with this issue over the years.

...this theme isn't new and was certainly covered in the TV show "Dallas" some years ago. Mickey is in a car accident and is a quadriplegic and begs Ray to pull the plug on him which he does and then Ray is tried for murder, etc..

Sounds like the TV show did a much better and more honest job of it. If "$MM Baby" had spent 15 minutes setting the stage and 2 hours and 15 minutes on Frankie’s murder trial it would have been better. And no one would spend $10 to see it. I didn't like being ripped off. I don't spend my money to see Hollywood propaganda. I didn't see Michael Moore's "9/11" and won't. I didn't like "Cider House Rules" for the same reason. If I want to be preached at, I'll go to church. I don't need Hollywood to tell me what to think, and I don't like paying for the service.