I look at it another way - for something to be urged or mandated, it first has to be established as a good. The euthanasia forces are on the way with that.
Mrs VS
You may be right. I just don't agree that it is inherently immoral or selfish for one to commit suicide. Not that I can imagine many circumstances where it is not a selfish act, as so many suicides result in someone being traumatised by finding the body, and it invariably causes great distress to family and friends.
I do see the slippery slope from permitting assisted suicide, to encouraging it for some, to actually mandating it, ie euthanasia. I've read that in the Netherlands many elderly people feel pressured to kill themselves to remove "the burden" on family and friends. It's certainly a complicated issue. I can certainly imagine circumstances where I might not want to go on living. If I couldn't do it myself, then what?