We live in a society where individual rights have always been balanced with what is best for the community as a whole. People do not have an absolute right to control their own bodies. People do not have the right to use drugs. People do not have a right to sell their bodies in prostitution. People do not have a right to sell their internal organs. They don't have these rights because of the adverse impact these actions have upon the rest of society.

The same is true in the case of PAS and PAD. People do not and should not have the right to PAS and PAD because of the far greater overall harm to society that would follow.

Additionally, PAS and PAD are not simply about the rights of an individual person. Rather, a second person is required to become involved in the taking of human life - and society is asked to condone it. The practice of medicine is forced to transform itself and vulnerable populations are forced to accept the risk of abuse and coercion.