Persuasive Essay On Assisted Suicide

Life is all around us: plants, animals, humans, etc. But where there is life, there is also death. Looking around there is death almost everywhere: animals on the side of the road that tried crossing it, people walking down a street getting shot or also hit by a car(this is an odd statement.. I would change it somehow). There is not a way to predict how anyone is going to die. Death is unavoidable from nature. Nature is defined as, “the world and its naturally occurring phenomena, together with all of the physical laws that govern them.” We cannot escape nature’s illnesses, but we should be able to have the right to choose to deserve to die with dignity. Although assisted suicide is appropriate for terminally ill people, it is still not a flawless law. An act was created in Oregon in 1994 for those who wish to end their life without repercussions: The Death with Dignity

In an article from Time Magazine, “The ‘suicide clause.’ Usually, this clause states that no death benefit will be paid if the insured commits suicide within two years of taking out a policy.” From the time a person takes out a policy for life insurance they cannot commit suicide within the timeframe the policy states; if suicide is committed the insurance denies the claim to pay anything. Because Since, Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act, insurance still has to pay. “The measure goes on to say that the act of assisted suicide should not affect the payouts of a person's life, health, or accident insurance.” There is no certain time that has to pass so the benefits will be paid for. “Oregon's Measure 16 says that if a person who is terminally ill buys a life insurance policy and then commits physician-assisted suicide within the contestability period, the insurance policy still has to pay out.” The policies from other states are voided because of the act and the person is