Do people have the right to die?

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Pretty simple proposition. What do you think? For centuries people around the world accepted that someone has the right to die when they felt that they were no longer living a good life, or were too old to contribute to their society, or were becoming a burden to others. Why is it that now, in the west at least, that right has been usurped on religious grounds. If a person consents to being killed, has no obligations that would have to be shouldered by relatives or the state, then why not let them die, and/or assist them in doing so? There is an old saying: if god had wanted man to fly, he would have given us wings. Taking that another way; if God had not wanted man to decide when it was fit to die, he would not have given us the means to do it. What do you think?