This article is about how a recent amendement was shot down by Congress; an amendement that would give the nearly 200,000 women in the army coverage for abortion in the event of rape. The amendement, posed by Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, would've given women in uniform the same amount of coverage government employees get. Even victims of rape in federal prison get this amount of coverage, but not our troops. They protect us, why should they not have the same rights as the civilian employees?
This author used pathos to persuade the reader. Mentioning that federal prisoners get more coverage than soldiers in the army do would infuriate anyone. This article definitely persuaded me, I'm surprised and appalled the people serving our country don't get the coverage they clearly deserve. Hopefully this will all change in the near future.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/opinion/an-injustice-for-women-in-uniform.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
thats so sad! I can't believe that the ones who risk they're lives for us arent even protected by the government who employ them.
ReplyDeleteWow that's horrible! People are giving up years and risking their lives to serve our country, and our country won't even cover them if they get raped! I can't imagine how awful it would be if I went through all the hardships of the army to serve my country, in addition to the trauma of being raped, only to have the government refuse to help me out at all.
ReplyDeleteThis is why we need more intelligent and powerful women in this country. We, as women, need a voice.
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