Women's Rights Argument Essay

What had me annoyed about the Yes side of the argument was when the author was talking about the financial cost of taking care of all these babies born with drugs in their system (Logli, 1990, para 7). I was annoyed because later he talked about how women could not afford their treatment. If there was more emphasis on getting these women treatment, we wouldn’t have as many babies born drug-affected because their mothers would have access to drug rehab.
The No side of the argument had me annoyed sometimes as well. Most annoyance came from the women who were talking about their inability to get drug treatment. This was because they either couldn’t afford it, or the treatment centre wouldn’t take them because they were pregnant, or for other various reasons (Goldensohn & Levy, 2014, para 20, 21). It’s hard for me to understand how they expect women, who have low economic standing, who are on drugs, and who cannot …show more content…
This institute’s goal is to promote free speech, civil liberties and to challenge legislation that they deem unfair (The Investigative Fund, 2017). Rosa Goldensohn and Rachael Levy may have some bias in their arguments against the legislation in the United States. However, I think that their main goal of this article was to tell the stories of the women who are affected by these laws. They needed to tell the stories of people who struggle to get clean and sober and how it impacts them. The way the authors told the stories gave you glimpses into how hard these women need to fight to try to get healthy, and protect their baby. It also paints a picture of how much control these drugs have on them. Goldensohn and Levy reported this story from the point of view of the mothers, but also illustrated the need for more treatment centres, and other supports for the women who really want to deliver healthy, drug-free