Abortion
Abortion Prompt
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A successful essay should include these elements:
- Introduce the subject. A good rule-of-thumb is to use “should,” “ought,” or “must” to state an argument thesis.
- If useful, state the historical context of the situation or problem.
- State the legal aspects of your position.
- Present your points or reasons, with evidence to support them. All of them should support the main thesis found in the intro paragraph.
- In a three-page essay refute only the strongest objection from the opposition. Sometimes, however, you can organize your essay on refuting several reasons from the opposition. Be sure to affirm your own position as you go along.
- Reaffirm your main point in the conclusion paragraph.
- You write each paragraph like a mini-essay: lead in sentence, a.k.a. the topic sentence; the evidence makes up the bulk of your paragraph; the wrap-up sentence;
- Please don’t go over three pages without special permission.
- Please capitalize the Constitution. Don’t capitalize abortion.
- Possible Theses:
- No abortion even in hard cases like rape or incest or life of mother(she could die) is in danger
- No abortion except when life of mother is in danger (she could die);
- Abortion only before the ____ weeks;
- Abortion at any time for any reason—even late-term;
| Possible Paragraph Topics | |
| Pro-choice | Pro-life |
| Basic facts: put in Intro? | Basic facts: put in Intro? |
| Roe v. Wade (1973): find an expert to explain it; decision favors your view; fetus is not a person, so it is not protected by the Constitution | Roe v. Wade: find an expert to disagree with a (controversial) interpretation of the Constitution back in 1973; Constitution is silent, so SCOTUS should be silent and turn it over to legislative branch |
| Fetus has no rights, particularly before x-number of weeks, so mother can do what she wants with her body; | Growing baby is human (not a chimp) and alive (not dead); therefore it’s human life; DNA proves it; therefore baby has right to life |
| Woman has personal and bodily freedom, and this right outweighs fetus’s right to life | A third person must speak up for the baby who cannot speak for itself; 80 years of baby’s future life outweighs woman’s 9-mo. pregnancy |
| You can try to refute potentiality arg., it if you like; find expert who does | Potentiality: Future Like Ours (FLO) and Don Marquis; let Mother Nature take her course |
| Is the Bible 100% clear about life / death in womb? Or religion / Bible is irrelevant today | Religion / Bible is clear: no abortion |
| Social costs of unwanted babies living in welfare state, dysfunctional households; over-population | Social costs of losing future adults who can redeem themselves and enjoy a FLO; benefits of adopting |
| Psychological effects of giving baby up for adoption | Psychological effect of aborting is worse than giving up for adoption |
| Limits: Abortions only before x-number of weeks? | Limits: Abortion in rare cases like rape or incest or physical life of mother in immediate danger (but no abortion for personal convenience or restricted social life)? |
