Zika By Laura Donovan Analysis

The idea presented in the Zika article is that the virus takes the lives of women who have it, which officials are using as their advantage. The author, Laura Donovan thinks it’s important because she finds it hypocritical of what the system has to say about the virus. She made a point about saying officials recommended that no women try to get pregnant because of this virus. However, when it comes to abortion some countries have rigorous laws about that. In the article it said “teenage women account for nearly 20 percent of Latin American birth”. Donovan wonders how women with little information or connection to contraception can protect themselves and their unborn children from the Zika virus. However, with this article being said, she didn’t entirely pull out the potential for this article about the Zika virus. For example, she made some credible points about how the blame is mostly put on women to stay healthy and to not have sex, but she predominantly put the blame on the men. Yes, for the Zika virus men need to be aware as well, but it seems that she just wanted the accusations on the opposite sex. Both the man and the woman should be cognizant of the situation of the virus. It takes a male and female to conceive a child, so both should have the blame put on both sexes equitably. …show more content…
For example, she breaks the article up by talking about the different topics around the Zika virus. The first section was her explaining the virus, the next section was her talking about Latin America, and how the women there have stricter abortion and contraception laws. She then goes on to explain that teenage pregnancy there is more unfair because “they don’t have access to information, they don’t access to contraceptive, and they don’t have access to the option to terminate a pregnancy”. If she was going to stick with this certain topic, she should’ve expanded