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Marcotte informs readers on the anti-choice organization, Americans United for Life (AUL), who author the handbook for the abundance of anti-abortion bills being introduced in state legislatures across the nation. Marcotte's level of attachment to the subject is not made obvious in the article but her background and bio make it easy to realize that women's rights is a topic of interest for Marcotte.
She directly addresses a specific part of the handbook, called the "Infants' Protection Project", which Marcotte says is "misnomer since abortions do not involve infants but fetuses, or in most cases, embryos." Marcotte obtains credible comments from Amanda Allen, the senior state legislative counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, about the anti-choice force of the AUL. Allen calls the AUL's method of rebuking the pro-choice movement "a pretty brazen embrace" because of their shift in strategy to prevent abortion. Allen states that this a "great irony after pretending for the last four or five years that they're the ones that care about women's health." Obviously Marcotte put these comments in the article to point out the fact that the AUL is taking women out of the picture when it comes to abortion legislation. She tries to emphasize how the AUL seems to care about women's health but continue to show otherwise in their actions. After failing to pass legislation that would make abortion illegal, the AUL is now pushing for bills that would discourage abortions. Allen says that this method makes it hard to believe that the AUL are pro-women's health "when all theyre trying to do is choke off access to a safe and common procedure." Marcotte attests to this comment saying that "the proposed laws themselves demonstrate that AUL's stance toward women who consider having an abortion is not caring, but hostile." Marcotte uses the word hostile to alienate the AUL from the feminist movement and make clear that they do not have women's best interest in mind. Marcotte's main purpose in writing this article was to voice her opinion against the AUL and their handbook that proposes legislation against women having abortions.
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Angelo Young writes another article that highlights his passion for innovation. Young opens the article appealing to ethos by highlighting films and TV shows that feature flying cars. These familiar films and TV shows draw the readers' attention and set up the author to introduce the latest innovation in transportation. Young's main argument in the article is that despite recent advancements in technology, the flying car is "likely to be a toy for the suburban wealthy until safety rules for mass deployment are worked out."
Young emphasizes the low likelihood of any upcoming release of flying cars to the general public by appealing to logos and stating that the first patent for a flying car was issued in 1918. The author states this to stress the point that technology for the flying car has been around for a long time and that it still lacks the proper research to be implemented in today's society. Young creates an optimistic tone for the development of flying car technology. He goes on to state that "we might see these passenger drones being tested over cities within three years." The use of the first person personal pronoun "we" implies that Young is also looking toward the introduction of flying cars to the public. The tone quickly shifts as Young highlights his main argument, that safety comes first. Young shifts from the optimistic tone he creates, to a skeptical tone. The shift in tone is clear when the author addresses the readers concerns for safety in flying cars, and states the "[they] aren't alone" in their concerns. Young uses the readers' skepticism and facts about the general publics concern to support his argument. Young cites that "results of an online survey released this month by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute showed significant public concern about the technology...62 percent of respondents said they were “very concerned” about safety issues," to appeal to the readers' skepticism and strengthen his own argument. He effectively does this to formulate a strong argument. |
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