Abortion has been a controversial topic throughout the world for many years. Whether the support or lack of it is due to morals, religious beliefs, health concerns, and many other factors, there are split sides on this big decision. Is it considered murder? Is it a right women should have and should be able to decide themselves on without being criticized? Should abortion be legal or illegal, and whose rights is it interfering with? These questions are discussed by millions of people every day which cause the debate. These four articles describe the situation of abortion by taking a stance on it’s legalization. Lee and Sprague, and Rich and Bourassa make statements that explain the significance of it being a choice with opinions such as
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He argues in his article called “So what if I hadn’t been born?” that abortion needs to be illegal by using diction to do so. His choice of words, and his organization allows him to defend himself throughout the article. The use of diction helped create an interesting perspective that would catch people’s attention while getting his point across that abortion should be illegal. Graff uses phrases such as “So let me tackle that argument” or words like “perceive”, “rapidly”, and “exuberantly” (Graff 1). These words are catchy and grab the reader’s attention which is a crucial part in defending his argument because if the readers are interested, they will most like be able to relate to him or understand where he’s coming from. Graff uses information to back up his argument through diction also by his organization of the article. His organization goes from factual information to his own realizations on “What if my mother had miscarried?” (Graff 1). “…or she decided that 22 was too young to become a mother...” “…There would be no “me” to regret not existing” (Graff 1). These quotes from the article back up his argument very well because it makes the reader realize if abortion is good and legal, many people are unborn and never get a chance to live a life of their own. We wouldn’t want it to have happened to us, so why do it to an innocent child? Another way he argues his statement is he uses facts in the beginning such as “Last fall, the personhood movement offered Mississippi voters a ballot question that would have added the equation “Sperm+egg= full human rights” to the states constitution” (Graff 1). This shows that many people believe along with Graff that abortion is not morally justified; a baby deserves full human rights just as much as any other living person. In the section of the article called “An Unfortunate Necessity”, it talks about the mother’s
He argues in his article called “So what if I hadn’t been born?” that abortion needs to be illegal by using diction to do so. His choice of words, and his organization allows him to defend himself throughout the article. The use of diction helped create an interesting perspective that would catch people’s attention while getting his point across that abortion should be illegal. Graff uses phrases such as “So let me tackle that argument” or words like “perceive”, “rapidly”, and “exuberantly” (Graff 1). These words are catchy and grab the reader’s attention which is a crucial part in defending his argument because if the readers are interested, they will most like be able to relate to him or understand where he’s coming from. Graff uses information to back up his argument through diction also by his organization of the article. His organization goes from factual information to his own realizations on “What if my mother had miscarried?” (Graff 1). “…or she decided that 22 was too young to become a mother...” “…There would be no “me” to regret not existing” (Graff 1). These quotes from the article back up his argument very well because it makes the reader realize if abortion is good and legal, many people are unborn and never get a chance to live a life of their own. We wouldn’t want it to have happened to us, so why do it to an innocent child? Another way he argues his statement is he uses facts in the beginning such as “Last fall, the personhood movement offered Mississippi voters a ballot question that would have added the equation “Sperm+egg= full human rights” to the states constitution” (Graff 1). This shows that many people believe along with Graff that abortion is not morally justified; a baby deserves full human rights just as much as any other living person. In the section of the article called “An Unfortunate Necessity”, it talks about the mother’s