Valerie Tarco's Arguments Against Abortion

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For example, this woman named Valerie Tarico wrote an article about being pro-abortion and just not just pro-choice. Pro-choice is when you get to make the decision, so in this case it should be the woman's choice. Pro-abortion is when you are out rightly saying I believe in the abortion procedure and what it does. Tairco commented and said “ I believe that abortion care is a positive social good -- and I think it’s time people said so”. What she means by “social good” is giving 10 examples that she think justifies that act by listing 10 reasons why women should actively get abortions and back some of them up by factual evidence. Throughout her argument she sets her tone from the way she used her diction by abrasively and aggressively ripping through her examples not just slowly taking the band-aid of but ripping it off. Her first reason was that “I’m pro-abortion because being able to delay and limit childbearing is fundamental to female empowerment and equality” ( Talerico).Which if she had stopped there mentioned women's rights and how it has changed to where we can include this in our modern day problem. Instead she took a very interesting route and said that.

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