Diane Coleman : It 's about the thousands of vulnerable ill , elderly and disabled people who will be harmed if assisted suicide is legalized . « Coleman : Legalizing assisted suicide would harm the chronically ill , elderly or disabled . She says mixing a cost-cutting `` treatment '' into our broken health care system is a bad idea . Coleman : If assisted suicide is encouraged , it may well take choices away from patients .
Diane Coleman : « Coleman : Legalizing assisted suicide would harm the chronically ill , elderly or disabled . She says mixing a cost-cutting `` treatment '' into our broken health care system is a bad idea . Coleman : If assisted suicide is encouraged , it may well take choices away from patients .