...and you'll find those on FR who will claim that "The Disabled" are against having assistance in managing their own future, as if there were not MANY people with disabilities who are too aware of how easily their wishes can be ignored, especially when they are unable to fight back themselves. That's why many people who are disabled are very strongly in favor of being able to obtain physician assistance in ending their life with peace and dignity.
Unfortunately, experience has shown that many people find that by the time they wish to go, it's too late for them to do so without help. That is, many able-bodied people become disabled by progressive illness before dying and never realize til too late that they suffer the same vulnerability as the life-long disabled person. The alternative to providing assistance is to force people to prematurely off themselves while they still know they can.*
The key is to leave the decision in the patients' hands. What is so wrong with that? There's no danger of misuse, if the PRIMARY focus is on the patients' desires, not on life versus death.
I'm sorry for your losses, but am so glad that you found the assistance to ease things.
*I sometimes wonder if the anti-PAS crowd is a bunch of sadistic ghouls who enjoy forcing pain and early death upon those who suffer.
See my post above.
And furthermore, we go in God's time not our own. So arrogant of people to decide otherwise.