1.  My audience is focused to the 18-35 females.  Though I have read many articles talking about 12-17 year old females that are pregnant or their parents are consenting to abortions.  My paper is soley based to the female 18-35 year olds that wait until the last minute to have an abortion.  Or the audience that have used abortion 3 or more times within a year.

2.  I chose this audience because I have found way to many stories about women that abuse the privelage of abortion.  Don’t get me wrong, some people will read that and think why did she just say that abortion is a privelage?  Well, it’s not illegal and for some raped women it is the option.  So don’t bombard my blog with comments about that comment. 

3.  My topic might just bring to light that abortion is not just something that you can go to Planned Parenthood and have done.  I read an article stating that a women had 6 abortions performed in an 18 month period.  That’s murder!  But when you have a rape victim that is pregnant and doesn’t want the child to be a constant reminder of a tragedy in your life… that NOT murder. 

Annotated Bibliography

Kangas, Steve. “Abortion is Murder.” The Long FAQ on Liberalism. 23^rd March 2007.

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-abortion.htm

Steve Kangas of The Long FAQ on Liberalism in “Abortion is Murder” asserts that by definition of murder abortion does not qualify.  He discusses the different view points that abortion is seen in and counter argues with the legalities of murder.  Steve Kangas persuades the general public to look at his facts and find the ethics.  His purpose is to educate other’s to take a different perspective in abortion and not murder.

Steve Kangas is a non gambling, chess playing, Liberal who father’s an award winning political site.  His online website is scholarly; it can be used as a credible and very liberal source.

Kreeft, Peter. “Is Abortion Murder.” 1997.Catholic
Education
Resource
Center. 25^th March, 2007. http://catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0004.html

Peter Kreeft ofCatholic
Education
Resource
Center in “Is Abortion Murder” asserts that a fetus is not a person at conception; therefore, abortion at an early state is not murder. He discusses the line between a person and a “non person”.  Peter Kreeft demonstrates his findings to the general public in order to give his own scientific explanation of abortion. 

Peter Kreeft who teaches at
Boston
College is on the advisory board of theCatholic
Education
Resource
Center.  His article is scholarly and used as a credible source.

McKinley, Brian Elroy. ‘Why Abortion is Biblical.” November 2006. World Population Awareness.23^rd March 2007. http://www.elroy.net/ehr/abortion.html

Brian Elroy McKinley of World Population Awareness in “Why Abortion is Biblical” asserts that there are not only scripture for damning the performance of abortion but in support of it.  He discusses many verses from the Bible that counter argue pro life scripture.  Brian Elroy McKinley shows the general public that the Bible has no problem with pro choice.  His purpose is to educate the religious support groups.

Brian Elroy McKinley is a general writer by trade.  Although this source seems scholarly it is used as an informative source.

National Right to Life

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf3.html

?? How do I site this if there is no author, it is just a general informative site??

Research Prospectus

Overview of the argument

• At what point of a pregnancy determines if abortion is murder?  The age from conception, to generic genetic matter, to becoming a fetus is a crucial issue in determining if you are in fact killing a human being.   This issue raises a lot of questions when you look at the growing rate of aborted pregnancies being performed in the
  United States. 
• This argument is a giant part of many political debates and whether or not it is constitutionally sound; so this topic is quite recent.  The materials needed to find research for my argument are very generous, are readily available, and very recent with new findings coming to light all the time.

Pro Side

• The pro side of this argument use the definitions of the key words used. Abortion, murder, conception, fetus, these are all key definitions that make up the arguments for demonstrating that if a fetus is not a person by definition that in no way is abortion murder. 
• According to the definition of murder abortion is not illegal nor does the mother of the child want to invoke malice on their unborn child. 
• The definition of abortion is very vague, when looked at even a miscarriage could be determined as an abortion. 
• What makes this issue so controversial is the right to life, if the zygote inside of you at early gestation is not yet a living, breathing, and human being than abortion is not by any definition murder. 

Con Side

• The con side to this argument is brought on by mostly Christian based groups with scripture.  Using the argument that God says in his Holy Bible that abortion is wrong and not accepted in his eyes. 
• Other reason that people consider abortion murder is for their reasoning behind it.  In their eyes the person getting the abortion is wrong and done for social reasons because they are not ready for a baby.  At the time that a woman realizes that they are or might be pregnant the heart has already begun to develop and beat and as weeks pass more things start to develop. 
• While the research on any pro life website seems to provide the same information what’s interesting is that also included is a link to Planned Parenthood or some type of similar link.

Are you pro or con?

• I am defiantly pro with this topic.  There are a lot of reasons why someone could terminate a pregnancy.  I don’t think that a person should be labeled a murderer just because of a choice that you make.  My overall opinion is that in this life, in this world there are many choices, abortion just happens to be one.

What have you learned in your research so far?

• I’ve actually learned that there are more people that are for abortion than not.  Most of the websites that I have found demonstrating pro life is very Christian based and are riddled with scripture.  What’s interesting is that they do have a link some type of Planned Parenthood website so that expectant mother’s can get help. 
• The articles that I have found supporting pro choice are very interesting the way that they justify abortion not being murder.  I happen to agree with their justification and bring a very good argument to the table.

Have I found statistics?

• No

Have I found support for my side of the argument?

• Yes, there are many scholarly articles written in support of abortion of a fetus not considered murder.

Have I found support for the counterarguments?

• Yes, several pro life websites

What do you still need to find in your research?

• Statistics of abortions performed in the
  United States
• The actual week to week development from conception to fetus
• Statistics of people who are for and against abortion

What is your timeline?

• March 27^th- Turn in Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography
• March 29^th- Work on Rough Draft
• March 31^st- Complete Rough Draft
• April 2^nd- Give my rough copy to my English Major friend to proofread
• April 5^th- TX. Govt, Test
• April 12^th- Critical Analysis Due
• April 17^th – Essay Due
• Weekends- work on paper and study