Mathewes-Green's 'When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense'
Abortion has always been a controversial topic in America. People have been separated into “pro life” and “pro choice” groups who support completely opposite topics. In “When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense”, Frederica Mathewes-Green successfully persuades readers why she is against abortion by utilizing personal anecdotes when switching from pro choice to pro life, alarming statistics and exposing a baby’s humanity using sympathetic language. During her college years, Mathewes-Green was a pro-choice activist and viewed abortion as a right that all women should have, regardless of the consequences. As a result of shifting her views, she effectively uses personal anecdotes throughout her writing to inform the audience about the negative
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She starts off stating that “one in every five pregnancies ends in abortion” (P 4). Mathewes-Green wants the audience to know that 20% of pregnancies end up with a dead baby due to abortion; while some may be unaffected by this statistic, more emotional women may feel impacted. Mathewes-Green also informs the audience that “in the 43 Years since Roe v. Wade, there have been 59 million abortions” (P 5). If ⅕ wasn’t a direct number, she imposes this insane number for the reader. This statistic was put in place to shock the audience and make them aware of how many women are killing their child. Furthermore, Mathewes-Green throws in one more staggering number of “2800 abortions a day” (P 28). Consequently, all these numbers put together successfully demonstrates Mathewes-Green persuasive argument by using statistics to scare the audience. On the other hand, she uses a softer mean of presenting logic to the reader- she states that “a baby is alive and growing...entirely of human cells and unique DNA” (P 23). The author persuades readers that each cell is an individual with i=unique characteristics, just like any other person. Mathewes-Green introduces a new approach of appealing to humanity while still using logic and common
She starts off stating that “one in every five pregnancies ends in abortion” (P 4). Mathewes-Green wants the audience to know that 20% of pregnancies end up with a dead baby due to abortion; while some may be unaffected by this statistic, more emotional women may feel impacted. Mathewes-Green also informs the audience that “in the 43 Years since Roe v. Wade, there have been 59 million abortions” (P 5). If ⅕ wasn’t a direct number, she imposes this insane number for the reader. This statistic was put in place to shock the audience and make them aware of how many women are killing their child. Furthermore, Mathewes-Green throws in one more staggering number of “2800 abortions a day” (P 28). Consequently, all these numbers put together successfully demonstrates Mathewes-Green persuasive argument by using statistics to scare the audience. On the other hand, she uses a softer mean of presenting logic to the reader- she states that “a baby is alive and growing...entirely of human cells and unique DNA” (P 23). The author persuades readers that each cell is an individual with i=unique characteristics, just like any other person. Mathewes-Green introduces a new approach of appealing to humanity while still using logic and common