Supporting the National Right to Life Committee
Supporting the National Right to Life Committee
"Call now and you can ...", "For less than ten cents a day ...", "Come and show your support by ...", do any of these popular attempts at getting consumers to support organizations sound familiar? They should, because many non-profit organizations will use these slogans to get consumers to not only donate money, but also time and sponsorship. The National Right to Life Committee is no exception to this type of soliciting. The National Right to Life Committee tries to appeal to most Americans who are pro-life or pro-choice, utilize "non-traditional" support methods, continue to gain support even through these economic times, and use all the elements, mostly pathos, to persuade consumers to support the fight against abortions.
The National Right to Life Committee was "founded in 1973 in response to a United States Supreme Court decision released on January 22nd of that year, legalizing the practice of human abortion in all fifty states, throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy" (NRL Website). After that decision the National Right to Life organization spread like wild fire and currently has representatives in all fifty states. Pro-life citizens strongly oppose any form of abortion and believe there is always another option. During the Supreme court proceedings "Counsel for the state of Texas argued that human life begins at conception and that therefore fertilized ova, blastocysts, embryos, and fetuses alike are 'persons ' under the Fourteenth Amendment and have their own rights under the Fourteenth Amendment 's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses" (Balkin). However, the National Right to Life Committee has been in the news recently because of how strongly they oppose the new health care reform that is, at this very moment, trying to get passed in congress. The reason they strongly oppose this reform is because it supports abortion. This means that all citizens of this country that pay taxes will be
"Call now and you can ...", "For less than ten cents a day ...", "Come and show your support by ...", do any of these popular attempts at getting consumers to support organizations sound familiar? They should, because many non-profit organizations will use these slogans to get consumers to not only donate money, but also time and sponsorship. The National Right to Life Committee is no exception to this type of soliciting. The National Right to Life Committee tries to appeal to most Americans who are pro-life or pro-choice, utilize "non-traditional" support methods, continue to gain support even through these economic times, and use all the elements, mostly pathos, to persuade consumers to support the fight against abortions.
The National Right to Life Committee was "founded in 1973 in response to a United States Supreme Court decision released on January 22nd of that year, legalizing the practice of human abortion in all fifty states, throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy" (NRL Website). After that decision the National Right to Life organization spread like wild fire and currently has representatives in all fifty states. Pro-life citizens strongly oppose any form of abortion and believe there is always another option. During the Supreme court proceedings "Counsel for the state of Texas argued that human life begins at conception and that therefore fertilized ova, blastocysts, embryos, and fetuses alike are 'persons ' under the Fourteenth Amendment and have their own rights under the Fourteenth Amendment 's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses" (Balkin). However, the National Right to Life Committee has been in the news recently because of how strongly they oppose the new health care reform that is, at this very moment, trying to get passed in congress. The reason they strongly oppose this reform is because it supports abortion. This means that all citizens of this country that pay taxes will be
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