Patients who took advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act most commonly reported that they were concerned about loss of autonomy and loss of ability to participate in activities that make life enjoyable. These are legitimate, rational concerns under the circumstances and not indications of mental illness. There are also gray areas between physical and mental pain, such as difficulty in swallowing and in breathing. It should not be the place of anyone other than the patient himself to determine what constitutes intolerable suffering. Suicide is morally wrong, and certainly should not be facilitated.
Suicide is a violation of divine law.
Your life is not your own, but a gift given to you in trust by God. You have no right to take your own life before your natural time. There is a separation of Church and State in America, and no citizen has the right to impose his religious moral values on any other citizen. If you believe it's wrong to commit suicide or to assist in a suicide, even in the case of terminally ill patients, you can choose not to participate in PAS, but you cannot make that choice for anyone else. Terminally ill patients wanting to die should be treated just as a suicidal teenager would be treated.