In fact, Millan believes that eugenics solves other social problems, such as diseases: “[Eugenics] are ways of making sure our children won’t be born with a genetic disease”. Throughout the article, Millan asks rhetorical questions to prove that eugenics and abortions are beneficial for “normal” human development. For example, “assume that Down syndrome worked like Tay-sachs…. Meaning that you could avoid having a child with the condition by prenatal screening. Would Dougherty (activist for abortion) oppose such screening”? Millan rhetorical strategies influence the reader to agree with his belief in abortion. , believes that eugenics and abortion is not a social problem. In fact, Millan believes that eugenics solves other social problems, such as diseases: “[Eugenics] are ways of making sure our children won’t be born with a genetic disease”. Many of Milan’s claims are not consistent with the facts that I found. However, this may be because many of the facts that I found were from pro-life websites. Though Milan uses strong rhetorical devices to persuade his audience, many of his claims are not effective. In my opinion, Milan claims are ineffective because he does not use experts or grounds to support his …show more content…
The author, George Wills, uses statistics and facts that are consistent with other facts I found about abortion. For example, Wills provides the percentages of babies that are aborted with Down syndrome. “In America, more than 80 percent of the babies diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome are aborted”. (Wills, Eugenics by Abortion).The author claims are believable because he provides facts, and statistics. Will’s article is also strong because he provides his audience of ways to prevent abortion, such as