Analyzing Argumentative Discourse from a Rhetorical Perspective: Defining `Person' and `Human Life' in Constitutional Disputes Over Abortion |
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| Authors: | Edward Schiappa |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Speech Communication, University of Minnesota, 9 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-6544, U.S.A |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, a case study is presented of constitutional debates about abortion. An analysis is given of arguments from the Roe v. Wade case for definitions concerning the key notions of `person' and `human life'. The paper illustrates how the Court has gradually taken a more pragmatic or rhetorical position on definitional matters crucial to the purpose of regulating abortion. |
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| Keywords: | constitutional disputes on abortion real definition stipulative definition |
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