Abortion By James R. Kelly And Katha Pollitt

Although first documented in 1848, the issue of women’s rights has existed since the presence of the female body (Smiltneek).Whether that event is accredited to Godly creation or evolution, the specifics are irrelevant when it comes to a pressing and highly controversial issue: abortion. Being medically defined as “the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus,” abortion is one of the most divisive issues in present day discussion (Abortion). James R. Kelly and Katha Pollitt each recognize abortion as both a powerful and sensitive issue. In their respective articles they address the challenges of the pro-life and pro-choice, two contradictory issues currently receiving political

These briefs were filed in Webster to, “allow groups to offer legal opinions and arguments” concerning each particular court case. Although it is practically impossible to perform an extensive and exhaustive survey of briefs, Kelly recognized that a certain political emphasizes is needed. When referencing a popular court case known as Roe V. Wade, an abortion case, Kelly had the ability to, “obtain twenty-eight pro-Webster [restricting abortion] amici briefs, representing at least forty-one distinct groups and twenty-two anti-Webster amici briefs [pro- choice], representing more than a hundred groups and ad hoc committees” (692). This provided evidence of a noticeable imbalance of briefs. The briefs that restricted abortion, even though they represented fewer groups, contained more legitimacy due to being signed by what is considered to be professional groups and organizations. This was unlike the briefs that argued for the practice of legal abortion. According to Kelly, many of these briefs reflected general viewpoints of abortion from the perspective of the common citizen. Using appropriate evidence for professional audiences who tend to be swayed more by solid facts rather than opinion contributes to the article’s

With strong, persuasive language that holds more similarity to a well worded blog post, rather than an academic article. This is unsurprising because Katha Pollitt is an established poet with deep feminist roots. The majority of her past works revolve about economic and social issues concerning abortion rights, feminist reform, racism, and poverty (Katha Pollitt). Strong, informal language can be seen in statements when Pollitt describes modern antiabortionist as “sluts and child-haters” and addresses the lack of clinics in a state by saying, “What? There’s only one abortion clinic in Missouri?”(Pollitt, 3). Pollitt, additionally, quotes an unnamed abortion advocate, “ the majority of people do not give a hoot about abortion law so long as it is not legal”(2). Unlike Kelly, Pollitt often interjects herself in her writing in an effort to give further insight into her process of reasoning and says, “I hope that message would counteract the dominant of abortion as moral failure and proof of social delay” (3), and frequently inserts made up words adn terms, “in what I call the “middle muddle” ” (3). Although writing in an informal style, this aids in the ability to convey a clear, and to-the-point article. This is unsurprising, as her viewpoint on abortion is targeted toward a more general audience who do not necessarily rely on facts and