I was amazed and felt like the voice I was searching for was found. For many, just the right to make personal choices will be limited and controlled by those who don't always have that person's best interests at heart. In the case of certain people who are unable to execute their own wishes, this would mean another person, perhaps a physician, carrying out the suicidal intent of the person desiring death. This implies active intent on the part of the individual desiring death. This smacks of Nazi Germany.
Physicians take an oath swearing to preserve and protect life to the best of our abilities.
Your interpretation assumes that we will willingly become murderers on request. Furthermore, l must take issue with your faulty assumption that UCPA or its affiliates are somehow not acting adequately for the disabled, and are more concerned with the opinions of parents, professionals and politicians. Our particular agency has parents and advocates who work tirelessly as volunteers to ensure that young people now and in the future will not be treated as their own children were, and employs professionals of the highest caliber whose motive in working for us is to provide the best care possible for our consumers. Most of our professionals would earn a great deal more money working outside of our agency. There is an emotional reward that keeps them here that your author doesn't comprehend.