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How is it different than abortion aside from the fact that it is at the other end of life's spectrum? And when did God give His permission to relieve someone's pain by 'giving' them death?

Well, for one thing, it is different because these people are specifically asking for assistance in dying painlessly while the unborn child is killed without any say in the matter.

The Terri Schiavo case was totally different because there was no proof that Terri Schiavo wanted such a death.

The individuals who elected to jump from the Twin Towers on 9/11 instead of burning to death chose a less painful death and I'm not going to judge whether or not God gave His permission for those people to do that or not. That is strictly between them and God. The rest of us have no role in judging lest we be judged.

You should also consider that, once you allow yourself to inject your own personal belief system into the Constitution, regardless of what the Constitution says, you are buying into the "I saw a penumbra" school of constitutional interpretation that brought about Roe v. Wade with Supreme Court Justices injecting your own personal (liberal) belief system into the Constitution, regardless of what the Constitution said.

Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Federal Government should decide such matters just as nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Federal Government should decide issues of abortion.

Once you advocate putting words into the mouth of the Constitution because that advances your own personal belief system, you have just approved the manner in which Roe v. Wade was decided.

I, personally, would never have had an abortion. I, personally, would never assist someone in their suicide. That's all and so there. (And I will always 'vote my conscience' when the opportunity arises --- don't you?)

Man, I stepped in it on this thread, didn't I. Sheesh.

"It [assisted suicide] is different [than abortion] because these people are specifically asking for assistance in dying painlessly while the unborn child is killed without any say in the matter...."
"The individuals who elected to jump from the Twin Towers on 9/11 instead of burning to death chose a less painful death and I'm not going to judge whether or not God gave His permission for those people to do that or not. That is strictly between them and God. The rest of us have no role in judging lest we be judged."

Salient points imo.

"Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Federal Government should decide such matters just as nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Federal Government should decide issues of abortion."

The issue of abortion IS a constitutional matter -- that is murder. A heartbeat indicates "life" by ANY intellectually honest standard. Even the adjoining of egg and sperm is scientifically considered "life."