Topics
- Women’s Health Issues – the right to bodily autonomy/choice – Do women have rights in America anymore? As a female, it is heartbreaking to hear that our reproductive rights have been handed over to state governments that have the power to take them away (and some already have). It is our choice what we do to our bodies, not the government’s.
- Eating meat is unethical. – As a vegetarian by birth, I have lived my entire life without eating meat due to religious and personal reasons. Although it wasn’t a choice of mine to be meatless, I do stand by the fact that the way meat is processed is unethical. Animal abuse, sustainability, and personal health all play a role in this corrupt industry.
- Wealthy people should pay more taxes – Growing up in the middle class, it is easy to notice different classes around you and how lower classes are mistreated. Yet, it seems the upper classes have all they could want and more. Wealth is not properly distributed among everyone and people who have more should be obligated to give some away.
Article Topic 1: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/abortion-is-about-freedom-not-just-privacy – This is a pro-choice article that describes the importance of abortion rights. The article mentions past protests and how they have affected the country we live in now. This article also expresses the negative effects of banning abortion through anecdotes of protesters.
Juicy Quote – “Girls, not boys, had their entire lives turned upside down if they carried the pregnancy to term. It was terrifying; it was also radicalizing.”
Article Topic 2: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/ethical-arguments-against-eating-meat – This article simply lists the negative consequences of eating meat while also persuading the reader to stop eating it. The article goes into detail about how it affects the health of humans and livestock. It also goes into how harvesting meat is bad for the planet.
Juicy Quote – “In short, industrial farming causes animals to suffer without good justification.”