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Planned parenthood should be funded by the United States government. Far right Republicans nowadays are quick to chant “Defund Planned Parenthood!”, but however, they don’t look at quite all of the facts and all of the benefits Planned Parenthood has to many American people. Breast cancer screenings and other women’s health issues are a majority of what planned parenthood does. The government should fund the organization because people who cannot afford the valuable resources that Planned Parenthood provides would be unable to get the treatment they need without help from the government.

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The angle of planned parenthood.org is in support of its services, and susanbanthonylist.org is against the government funding of planned parenthood. Both websites use many facts and statistics, but the planned parenthood website mostly explains their services.

PP typically appeals to liberals and sba-list appeals to conservatives displeased with government funding of planned parent hood.

 

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For raising the minimum wage.

1.The genre is organizational white papers. It helps the reader understand the seriousness and professionalism of the article.

2.The author is Tina Kotek, the speaker of the Oregon house of Reps. She is invested into these issues because of her job.

3.She is writing to the regular people who happen to be reading the article.

4.The motivation was the new law passed to raise the minimum wage gradually in Oregon.

5. Her purpose is to educate the public and persuade them that raising the minimum wage was a good idea.

6. An Oregon newspaper, explains the purpose of writing the article so many people would read it.

Against raising the minimum wage.

1.The genre is organizational white papers. It helps the reader understand the seriousness and professionalism of the article.

2. The author is the editorial board of USA Today. They are effected by the minimum wage increase because it will raise prices on products for them.

3. They are writing to convince the public of a certain way.

4. The motivation was California and New York increasing their minimum wage.

5. The purpose is to convince the public to be against minimum wage increases.

6. It is a reputable publication.