I'd like to start a civil conversation about AS (assisted suicide). I'm not sure where to put this, but I know a great deal of people who are depressed can also become suicidal.

I've been reading more about AS & that a few more states have jumped on the bad wagon of passing legislation that approves it. I know legal jargon can be tricky so I need this explained to me in layman's terms.

My obvious question is why are only physically ill people allowed to use this law. If you have a terminal illness this is a road you may travel. But if you have a mental illness, one that has no cure, you may not seek this solution. I'm guessing bec so many people compare depression to living w/like diabetes "it's not curable but you can happily live w/it." That's what I've been told many times.
But try telling that to a person who has lived w/ MDD for almost 30 yrs. really it's not the same.
Does anyone else see the discrepancy here? I'm obviously not in my right mind if I would want AS for PTSD or depression or various other things, but if I know when I'm going to die of say some tumor, I'm in my right mind to make that choice.
To me, this puts another label on people w/mental illness. Incompetent. So now I sit back & wait for a terminal illness to take me?
I don't understand this logic.
It's MY life