Eric Zorn
To minimize abortions, give more money to Planned Parenthood
Chicago Tribune
August 4, 2015
Denying women access to abortion has been the most effective
strategy opponents of legal abortion have been able to come up with
so far. Laws are being promoted that shut down clinics that preform
the operation, make access to abortion nearly impossible and there are
strict regulations put into place as to when women can receive
the operation. Defunding Planned Parenthood has been the newest
approach to eradicate this situation; although the Republican Party did not
acquire the supermajority necessary to advance their cause they claim that they
will be trying again very soon. If the funds for Planned Parenthood do
disappear the number off unintended pregnancies and abortions will rise.
Zorn’s appeal of logos is strategized when he talks about
how Texas suffered from a 25% decline in family planning clinics and a 2-year
drop of about 30,000 patients at clinics that provide things such as birth
control. He also uses his appeal when he discusses that every dollar that is
invested in long-term contraception saves approximately $6 in state Medicaid
costs. When looking at Zorn’s past articles I noticed that the majority of his
topics focus on popular things that are occurring such as Michael Jordan’s
case, the political election and college success. He chooses to write about
things that the majority are going to be interested in reading.
