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I think the reason why euthanasia will not be legalised any time soon, and the reason why there is no serious push among politicians or otherwise is simple: It forces you to face up to reality. It forces you to accept the fact that there is such suffering in the world, people want to live in a "perfect world", and in a perfect world there would be no need for euthanasia, and as such striving for a perfect world involves keeping euthanasia ilegal. Obviously, when it is put like that, it is very easy to see the glariny hypocracy of it, but you may be surprised at the willful ignorance of many.
I think also the christian ideal has much to do with it. I think that many people who do not accept the christian belief (God, Jesus, Creation etc) still accept the christian morality (In many respects, myself included) And that in itself is not a bad thing, as christainity could be summed up very nicely as "Wouldn't the world be great if everyone was nice to each other". It is however when you start taking the christian idealism to the letter that it becomes a problem.
BTW: I opened my personal response to the question with "I hate to say it", I didn't mean this to come across as if I was ashamed/shy of my opinion, but rather I meant it be come across as "I would prefer if it didn't have to be so, but unfortunately it is".
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