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Trump v.Clinton: Late Term Abortions

In this debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were asked about Roe vs. Wade and late term abortions. Trump takes the stance that abortion should be illegal while Hillary defends women having the right to choose.

Trump avoids the speaker’s first question by dancing around his answer about overturning the Roe v Wade agreement while Hillary is very adamant that she strongly supports Roe v Wade.
Hillary immediately accuses Trump of using “scare” rhetoric when he describes abortion as “ripping a baby out of its womb”. I believe that personal beliefs should have been set aside and the concerns of society should have been their main focus.

There did not seem to be many instances of rhetoric used during this debate as it was more straight forward with the opinions of the opposing sides. Pathos was present slightly on Hillary’s behalf when she gets deeper into the emotional stress the choice of abortion is for women.
In conclusion I would agree that Trump did use scare rhetoric but on the other hand Hillary also made it very dramatic by talking about women's rights.

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  1. AnonymousMay 2, 2017 at 4:24 PM

    Having seen other Trump v Hillary debates I'm unsurprised by your analysis of the debate.

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