Suicide Persuasive Speech

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Brought to Jerry Brown attention the about approving the very controversial suicide bill that has passed recently. Which gives a person who is terminally ill the right to die painlessly, and Brown has yet to come to state his opinion on the matter. But what gives a person the right to choose if they want to end their life. On many level this bill is very disturbing to some out there, but in what way will this Suicide Bill solve anything, when we are trying to prevent the suicide from occurring so much.
When the topic suicide is brought up, many people don’t agree with someone taking their own life. In that case we frown upon that not in a bad way, but in a way that we care about others. Recently the Suicide Bill has been passed letting very sick people choosing end their life without any pain. Yes, maybe the bill has been passed, but still is this bill going to help? Okay maybe for a person for has been trying to fight an illness for so long. That has cause them to get to point of where they don’t want to live no more. One of the main reasons many Californian’s do not approve of this bill is because we don’t want people take their lives so early, even if they don’t
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This will make it easier for them to fix the problem we shall, especially if there ever happens to be a crooked Doctor. That wants to just get the money out of it. A lady named Thangam Debbonaire, a patient who has breast cancer. Spoke to the online article The Independent says she doesn’t agree with this bill at all. Thangam also said “more needs to be done to improve palliative care and mental health treatment for those with terminal illnesses.” With all the money that goes into health care, and finding cures, and making medicine for doctors to prescribe their patients. Shouldn’t they at least dig deeper to actually take the time to make

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