Scholarly Research Topic

I am trying to learn about methods of abortion.

I am trying to learn about methods of abortion, because I want to be informed of possible side effects of different methods, and which is safest.

I am doing this in order to better educate myself of whether abortion should be justified, and also spread the word/educate young women who think they might be pregnant or want to know what are the consequences of certain methods of abortion.

Revising my Paragraph

Whether someone is prochoice or prolife, the decision inevitably comes down to the woman who might want an abortion.  People outside do not matter when it comes down to the decision, because they are not in the woman’s shoes at that time, and their reason behind it.  Although I agree that abortion is essentially ending a life, as it is possible for the fertilized egg to become a fully grown person, I believe that there is no right for someone to say that women should not be granted the option of abortion because it is their body, and what they would like to do to it is their decision alone.  After watching the movie If These Walls Could Talk, it showed me what abortion was like before the case Roe Versus Wade.  It was on influence that persuaded me to be prochoice.

Whether people are prolife or prochoice, it does not matter, because for most, it does not affect them.  It is just their opinion.  Both sides have valid arguments, but when it comes down to it, it is the woman who is pregnant who ultimately has to make the choice.  I have doubt that women have an abortion just to say they want to experience it, but it is more of what the consequences would be if they do not have an abortion (Greenwood).  It is the freedom of the woman who decides to get the abortion to be able to get one, and I feel that no one should condemn her just because she has one.

Extra Credit: Who was Blamed?

First of all, I want to say that I am sorry for what the children experienced.  No one should have to go through the tragedy of being abused by a pedophile.  What Sandusky did was repulsive and unforgivable.  He should be the one who media need to post.  Instead the media posts that a Penn State football coach did so, and thus Penn State University is getting a bad reputation because of the unforgivable acts of one man.  Joe Paterno and Graham Spanier are getting the most heat right now, and were fired as of November 9^th.  I feel that the Board of Administration has acted too soon, and in the chaos that is the media, they took away two figures that the Penn State were proud of.  I would have at least like for the Board of Administration to allow Paterno finish out the season, as it was his career, and he did do everything he was supposed to do.  This fiasco has also made me realize of how twisted the media is.  For the first time, I am on the other side of the television, and I feel that some of the news focuses too much on the actions of what the Board of Administration is doing, instead of what they should report.  A man by the name of Jerry Sandusky, who molested/raped children should be put on the media and embarrassed, rather than the university itself.

Issue Relevance to My Topic

Clinic Workers Plead Guilty to Murder

The issue stated in the article was about the murder of babies by abortion clinics who also killed a woman due to an overdose of painkiller drugs.  They pleaded guilty to third degree murder, and are being punished for their doings.  The article stated that the doctor operated on babies that were in post abortion state, and did so by cutting the spinal column with scissors.  The author’s stance on the issue seems relatively unbiased.  If anything it would be leaning towards prolife, because the reason can be seen in the article.  The author merely stated the facts, and truth is, it is a very sad story pertaining to abortions.  The author did not how what responses the doctors have to say for themselves, and it makes it look like all abortion doctors are murderers.

            I do not agree with the writer being prolife, because it completely neglects the stance of the person who is pregnant.  For instance, the person who wanted the abortion must have known that there were risks to having an abortion, and the worst did happen for an unfortunate person.  The author also did not show that having an abortion is safe for most of the time.  This was one abortion clinic out of many that had unjust principles.  I feel that the author needed to state that it was only one incident, and also state that most abortions are safe.  I also feel that this was a scare tactic to make people reconsider abortion and try to get people to go through with their birth, and that to me seems wrongful.

            Although I did not agree with the writer, he or she did do things that I did like.  For instance, it was concise, and very persuasive and concealed in such a way, that I almost agreed with him or her that all abortions are bad.  I will try to incorporate this writer’s tactics such as stating powerful examples of something that goes for my stance.  However, I feel that it would also be difficult to find someone who is willing to say that they had an abortion and are happy with the fact that they did go through with one.  I also would like to use the writer’s way of manipulating the title, into not as concrete of what the story was about.  It attracts people who are possibly neutral to the stance of prolife or prochoice on abortion, but persuades those readers into becoming prolife.  It also looks like the writer does not have a stance, but he or she is definitely prolife, because her evidence and story supports that in a strong manner.  The writer did a successful job at executing the article, and I want to emulate the writing, but with my stance instead, and make it longer.