"Suicide is a human right"

From news.bbc.co.uk …

Ludwig Minelli, founder of the Swiss organisation Dignitas — which helps people to commit suicide — has argued that voluntary euthanasia is, or should be, considered as a human right. I tend to agree. We may not choose to be born, but surely — with the exception of dying in an accident, which nobody would actually prefer — the date of our passing should be something under our control. Whether the reasons for an individual concluding they have lived as long as they wish to are for health reasons (physical or mental) or because they consider that they have 'had a good innings' and life would be otherwise downhill from then on, shouldn't that be our choice and not not something outwith our control, requiring us just to wait, possibly for many years without any desire to do so? A friend once commented "suicide is the ultimate in selfishness" after the death of someone they knew. The argument being that those left behind suffer. I would argue that by pressuring someone to stay alive against their own desires then society is being inconsiderate of that person's needs and, by making their impossible life continue that their relationships will suffer anyway. There is a reason why we put some animals out of their pain and suffering in their best interests. We certainly aren't animals, but people deserve no less a consideration of what may be the best outcome for them as an individual.