Welcome to week 8! Midterm exams, check-ins and surveys are due by tonight. Thank you to all those who’ve already submitted.
This week we begin to work on the argumentative essay. What issues do you care about? Select one from the list, and start researching your topic. Review the essay assignment, log into CQ Researcher (using your CUNYFirst credentials), and test out your research skills via this week’s quiz. Then select one article, summarize it and respond to it–and this is your summary and response assignment. Think about what argument you’d like to make, and how to ensure that it’s a powerful one.
Also, instead of writing an essay to me, your professor, you will address your argument to an audience of your choice–see the advocacy toolkit chart for some ideas.
Warm wishes,
Prof. Barnes
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Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. There are several types of abortion, and the options depend on the duration of the pregnancy. They include medical abortion, vacuum aspiration, dilation and evacuation, and labor induction. Abortion is a medical means of ending a pregnancy. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or “spontaneous abortion”. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called an induced abortion, or less frequently induced miscarriage. This particular article that I chose is about Abortion and case specific report sections giving valuable information on abortion’s terms and conditions; abortion clinic protesters and abortion debate just to name a few.
This article was selected because the universal controversy is at an all time high concerning abortions. There are so many pro and cons of abortions; which have raised a political discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views. Whilst reviewing the CQ report I learned that research is gathered from all aspects and viewpoints to make a statement valid or debatable. I learned that women constitutional rights help to protect their medical discussions. Understanding the debate about pro-life and pro-choice When you say you’re pro-choice you’re telling people that you believe it’s OK for them to have the ability to choose abortion as an option for an unplanned pregnancy. Pro-life is a notion in which people believe a fetus should not be terminated. Instead of putting people in one category or another, we should respect the real-life decisions people and their families face every day.
Abortion is the deliberate