My problem with Zoraya's case is that her psychiatrist conclusively said "you will never get better, there is nothing more you can do". That's incredibly arrogant and irresponsible to say for something as unpredictable as mental illness, let alone to say to a known suicidal patient.

I've had loved ones with mental illness who felt suicidal and even attempted suicide. I shudder to think if the psychiatric industry decided that telling people "have you tried suicide, we can give you a prescription" in my country, that my loved ones may not be alive today. Because they DID get better. There are new treatments coming out all the time. It's not the same as incurable cancer or dementia or any of the other terminal illnesses that I think assisted dying should be for.

If a suicidal person wants to kill themselves, that's their choice. But a psychiatrist of all people should NEVER tell a suicidal person "you will never get better, nothing will ever improve". It's a complete failure of care.

My worry is that by legalizing assisted suicide or euthanasia for the non-terminally ill, that the medical system will not try as hard to help those who need it. It's like how in Canada a disabled woman who wanted a wheelchair ramp for her home was told by a social worker "have you considered MAID?" because killing a disabled woman was easier and cheaper than funding the accommodations that would make her life better.