Would the lack of a right to die accelerate technological advancements?

Seriously this could be an entire topic on its own. I still remember that viral story of two brothers who both suffered a neurological disorder that made them completely paralyzed. They were of sound mind but couldn't communicate with anyone except through slight head movements and breathing. They both said they wanted to die, but the court ruled that assisted suicide was unconstitutional because of the constitution's guarantee of a right to life. If I recall correctly the brothers lived years after that, unable to even move, and finally passed away from an infection. And the thing is that if we as a society worked more to make assisted suicide available we would more rapidly accelerate the development of brain computer interfaces, mind uploading, and life extension technologies. We would be far more motivated to solve the problem of paralysis if we said "you don't have to live like this, but we're also going to try to give you your life back". There may also be other applications of those technologies that we can't yet see. I'd like to hear people's thoughts on it.