And you still may, and you do not need the sanction of the state to do it. All you would need to do, God forbid, is simply purchase a firearm and carry out your wishes. After all, who on Earth could punish you for it after you have already departed? However, do not expect the state to sanction suicide by permitting doctors to serve as executioners.
In the meantime, you are still free to set up living wills and springing durable powers of attorney to let your wishes be known in the case you are incapacitated. You may and ought to do so now, so that your wishes may be followed should you be unable to perform that final grand design on your own life.
I see. Because of other's reservations, I am to be legally restricted in my choice of method of my own demise. Rather than face a peaceful, painless death by painkillers, I should be forced to stare down the barrel of a gun and endure the exhilarating thrill of 00 buck tearing my skull apart. Later, my family should have to encounter and clean up the mess, and my parting gift to the world would be a statistic for Sarah Brady to use to campaign for gun control.
Excuse me if I don't take you up on this offer.