The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion



The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion

INTRODUCTION first paragraph, p. 330.

BODY

1. Sections giving background information = None

2. Sections giving a review of previous opinions on the subject, especially arguments that are opposed to the thesis = None.

3. Sections evaluating the targets and showing their errors = Paras. 7 and 8.

4. Sections giving positive arguments for the thesis = Paras. 2 and 3.

CONCLUSION None

The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion

General structure of argument

The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion

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I find this positive argument in paragraphs 2 and 3.

I find this “negative” argument in paragraphs 7-8.

The argument that abortion is an unspeakable crime is good.

The following attempt to justify abortion fails: the result of conception, at least up to a certain number of days, cannot yet be considered a personal human life.

Procured abortion is an unspeakable crime.

I decided that paragraph 1 is introduction and that paragraphs 4-6 are background information.

I would not fault you if you made box 7 a premise for box A instead of for box 8, as I did.

7. From the time that the ovum is fertilized, a life is begun which is . . . that of a new human being with his own growth. (para. 7)

2. Procured abortion is the deliberate and direct killing, by whatever means it is carried out, of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence, extending from conception to birth. (para. 2)

8. The result of human procreation, from the first moment of its existence, must be guaranteed that unconditional respect which is morally due to the human being in his or her totality and unity as body and spirit. (para. 8)

3. The moral gravity of procured abortion is apparent in all its truth if we recognize that we are dealing with murder and, in particular, when we consider the specific elements involved. (para. 3)

B. The argument that abortion is an unspeakable crime is good.

A. The following attempt to justify abortion fails: the result of conception, at least up to a certain number of days, cannot yet be considered a personal human life.

C. Procured abortion is an unspeakable crime.

This sentence is restated at the end of para. 8 (after the “therefore”), which is just as good a topic sentence for box 8.

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