The Advocate
January 22, 2008
pg. 6B
Maria Mahoney
One would think the quote, “I am a survivor of the most deadly war in human history, which has claimed more than 50 million American lives and more than two billion lives worldwide during the past 35 years”, was referring to the Holocaust as the most deadly war, but the author was referring to abortions after 1973, the year of the Roe vs. Wade case. I see her point, that this is a gruesome war because mothers are killing children, but this is to extreme to persuade anyone. After I read that quote, I wanted to stop reading the article. However, by forcing myself to finish reading it, I found an interesting slogan, “Abortion: One dead, one wounded.” The author then went on to explain that abortions hurt the mothers also, which in my opinion is a good point often forgotten. This article was basically written to get people to think twice about abortions for the baby and mother’s sake. It played on emotions with no facts, but maybe the article will get some woman to reconsider an abortion. If the author would have left out the abortion concentration camps and the deadliest war comments, then the article would have been halfway decent. From now on, I am going to disregard anything that comes from the editorial section in the advocate because the articles are horrible. The Advocate needs new writers.
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I have never thought of abortion as a war; although the statement given is extreme I find that it gets the point across. I think that is what the author might have intended, that abortion is an extreme thing. I do also like the quote saying "Abortion: one dead, one wounded". I think that it is effective in getting across to the mothers that they are also hurting themselves.
My mom had a friend who got an abortion and still has the baby's due date marked on her calender. Many people don't realize the emotional turmoil a women goes through after an experience like an abortion. Unfortunately, people who are anti-abortion are so fired up about the situation that their writing often turns people away instead of drawing them near. It's hard to read things that are so focreful. I think that the topic being portrayed as a war was good though. The author gave a different aspect to a situation constantly visited.
It's a new and interesting way to get their point across. Thinking of it as a war might turn off veterans or someone who has someone in the war though. Also it was a good point that mother's will have negative effects from the abortion, whether it be emotional or physical. But the mother will also have emotional and physical strains if she does have the baby when she isn't ready.
I agree that comparing abortion to war is a little extreme. I think it does get the point across, but only if the reader doesnt immediately feel attacked. I think it was interesting how the author talked of the negatives of having an abortion and not just the obvious. I think overall this was an intesting and well written argument.
I agree that this was a strongly opinionated article. I believe that the word "war" has lost it's purely physical connotation over the past years and now is deamed appropriate for instances where there is a severe emotional struggle, such as abortion. After all, just as many lives have been lost and tainted from the silent struggle of abortion as have from many major wars.
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