Catholic For Free Choice Abortion Rhetorical Analysis

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Unfortunately, Satan is running violently and unrestrained in the world today for Christians to say; in good faith you can abort a baby. The Catholics for Free Choice––an advocacy group, say you can in good faith abort a baby. The mere statement to have an abortion in good faith is ludicrous and even hypocritical to what God’s word says. In like manner, Mary Langlois writes on the Truth and Charity Forum.org: “Indeed the word ‘Catholic’ isn’t merely an adjective that modifies one’s personal opinions. To be Catholic is to partake in a sacramental reality, with logical claims to authority that flow from the essence of the faith.” So, can a person who has faith in Christ Jesus, studies His word, and who deeply loves Him, actually make a conscience based decision to have, or to advocate an abortion? Controversially, The Catholics for Free Choice advertise assorted people on their web page who give a personal approval to free choice appealing to ethos (see figure1). Utilizing logos and pathos, these statements being interlaced with Christian jargon such as faith, moral, and God-given to confuse the …show more content…
The photo is working on the emotions of the younger females, who connect with grandmothers (see figure1). Generally speaking, grandmothers are to love and have wisdom, also the general consensus view for nuns. In light of seeing the words “Abortion in Good Faith” with the picture plays on the emotions of making everything better (see figure1). Ethos: the appeal to ethics on the whole, is going with the grandmother; age should mean wisdom, so appealing to the character of the grandmother figure. Trying to make an illogical situation logical is logos. The personal approval statements are trying to persuade the audience by logically saying; you can kill a baby, by saying; it is a

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