Eng102
Jennifer Aguilar
Eng 102
April 4, 2019
Annotated bibliography
Topic: Abortion
In the article “Should Abortion Rights be Protected or Restricted” the Author Lynette
Knapp speaks about a young girl who got pregnant under the legal age. Due to the laws set forth
by the state in which she lived in which was Indianapolis, she could not get an abortion unless
she had written or verbal consent from her parents she was not able to. Due to her options being
limited she had to find alternatives to get an abortion because she did not want the baby. She had
to go to a not so reliable doctor to get one where they would not ask for the consent from her
parents and just 1 month later, she was found dead due to complications from the procedure.
Ultimately, what the author of this article claims and wants her readers to understand is that the
laws set forth on abortion are ridiculous. This young girl could have lived if she did not; by law
need her parents consent to get the procedure done in a safely manner. Ms. Knapp is definitely
pro choice and wants females to be in charge of their own body and decisions at any age and
laws and should not set a line between life and death. I plan to use this in my paper as ethos and
inform parents of the risk they are putting their child in abiding by these laws.
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In this second article “Birth Control leads to More Abortions” the Author Peter Baklinski
establishes the idea that yes indeed it has been scientifically proven that the women who use any
form of contraceptive method are more likely to get an abortion. He speaks about how the
meaning of of sexual intercourse has been lost because of these. Now a days, people have
intercourse just to have it and make it seem so easy and with no consequences because there is so
many forms to “prevent” it but in reality how sure are we that these will work? The author uses
Logos to persuade the customer to believe that if we want the number of abortions and females
going through this we should get rid of contraceptives. He also uses morals, such as the catholic
church and how their religion teaches their people that they should wait until after marriage to
have sexual intercourse, being that this would also help the number of abortions worldwide go
down because if a child is conceived, it is conceived into a family that has already established
love and commitment and a ready to have the child. I will use this article in my paper to appeal
to all the religious driven people to educate them on the rights of women and their body.
Baklinski, Peter. "Birth Control Leads to More Abortions." Birth Control, edited by Jack Lasky,
Greenhaven Press, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010568283/OVIC?u=awcl_main&sid=OVIC&xid=8d773
275. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019. Originally published as "Why the Fight Against Abortion Begins
with Contraception," lifesitenews.com, 23 Apr. 2013.
In the third article “Conscientious objection to referrals for abortion: pragmatic solution
or threat to Women's rights?” the authors write about the ability of nurses and midwives being
able to deny referrals to abortions requested by the woman wanting the procedure. Some
Facilities require that the patient has a referral from someone in the medical field so that they
think twice about their decision and maybe after getting this referral they change their minds.
The main point that the author is trying to get across is that the requirement of referrals gets in
the way of women's rights because the person giving the referral may be making the decisions
based off of morals or religion and that is not fair to the decision being made by the woman
wanting the abortion. At the end of the day who is getting the procedure done? Who is the one
that is going to live and deal with the baby after it is born? Whos body is going to go through the
pain? I want to use this article and its ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade the reader that it is our
body our choice. Baklinski, Peter. "Birth Control Leads to More Abortions." Birth Control,
edited by Jack Lasky, Greenhaven Press, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in
Context,http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010568283/OVIC?u=awcl_main&sid=OVIC&xi
d=8d773275. Accessed 11 Apr. 2019. Originally published as "Why the Fight Against Abortion
Begins with Contraception," lifesitenews.com, 23 Apr. 2013.
In the article “Abortion Violates Human Rights” the Author is clearly against abortion.
As you read the title you might think the opposite, that the author supports abortion and the
female body but otherwise, the author voices the fetus. The fetus is now a human being as well
that in 9 months will also be a human being and also has rights as of now. The decisions being
made in the country apply to the fetus now as well and in the future when the child is born it will
also contribute the these decisions. He also appeals to the readers by explaining the hypocrisy
that those people that are pro life have. The author states that they are basically being selfish and
not thinking about the other human being developed and only the one that already committed the
mistake. I will use this article to appeal to the emotions of the readers who are pro life and maybe
make them doubt the idea itself, and if they are really supporting what they label as pro-choice.
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In the fifth article “Denying Abortion Victimizes Women Who have been Raped” the
author mentions how women who have been victims of rape should have some sort of exemption
from the laws already set in place by congress.they should not need any type of referral, their
insurance should help and cover majority of the expenses that an abortion costs, and the state of
the court should assist them with facilities that have good care because, initially it was not even
their fault they were victims of abuse. The author also mentions that females should not even
have to go through the process of waiting the 9 months and going through the full process of
maintaining a pregnancy they did not ask for. They should not have to wait to deliver the baby to
make a decision of how they want to move forward. I will use this article to appeal more the
politics side of abortion and the rights that women who have been abused should have.
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In my sixth article “The meaning of life: belief and reason in the abortion debate”
Borgmann argues the fact the life begins at the moment of conception. At that very second when
having sexual intrcourse we all know that we run that risk of conceiving so this is exactly when
conception begins. The meaning of life begins right there. She references a lot back to obama
and McCain when they were in congress and how they would respond morally to abortion. They
allowed their people to believe what they thought is correct based on their morals. Most people
base their life changing decisions based off of their morals and their religion. I will use this
article in my paper because i think that i am a little biased by my morals and i will explain why
most of us connect to this type of decision making.
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In this article “Some Reasons to decide Against abortion” Terwilliger gives us actual
many reasons teenager decide to either go through with the procedure of abortion or decide to
keep the child. The most common reason that the author states is that these teenagers are scared
to what their parents will say or do. They think they will disown them, or they will kick them out
of their home, their boyfriend does not and is not ready and will not get ready to have the baby
with them, they feel embarrassment for being so dumb and not being preventive. She speaks
about many more reasons why or why not girls go through or not with the procedure and it is
very appealing because this article hits home for most of us and helps us connect very well with
the decision because most of us think the same way and are mostly scared and can't decide what
they best route to take will be. They feel no support coming from anyone when it's most needed.
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My seventh source is the website Abortion.procon.org that lists both pros and cons to
abortion. For example, it uses many logos and facts like laws and the amendments that are
actually set in place against and pro abortion. It also talks about the reproductive pros and cons to
abortions, the moral side that applies not only to the mother but also the fetus, the access to legal
and illegal facilities that perform the procedure etc… I plan to use this website to persuade the
reader by using facts and now not opinions on the subject because most of the time we do not
educate ourselves on the facts before making a decision. Educated decisions are the best
decisions to make sometimes. Source: https://abortion.procon.org/
My last source is the book written by Robert P
. Jones and Daniel Cox titled “Religion, Values, & Experiences” this book mainly focuses on
exactly that. The thoughts and decisions we make based upon our religion ideas and past
experiences that we have had and we can relate to. They talk about the connections we make
with those amongst us and how we also base our decisions on them and the history. I chose this
book and plan to use it in my paper by comparing it to the previous article and countering each
other with actual facts and beliefs and how they both connect and help us make the right or
support the side we think is right.
Source: Robert P. Jones & Daniel Cox titled “Religion, Values, & Experiences”