A major event that has been coming to the eye of the American people in recent events is the treat of planned parenthood no longer receiving federal funding. This has been a longstanding battle over the half billion federal tax money that goes to Planned Parenthood, the nations largest provider for abortions. This issue has had the two major parties of our democracy, the republicans and the democrats, at opposing ends of the spectrum.

            The idea and motive to defund Planned Parenthood is emerging from the republican party, making the democrats the opposing party. The government has the possibility of shutting down on October 1^st if congress does not pass a bill that keeps the government funded. Planned Parenthood could be taking a major hit. In July Trump stated that Planned Parenthood should be defunded due to recent revelations about the selling of organs based in this establishment. Meaning that the organs and body parts of aborted babies were being sold. President Trump strongly feels that this should not be funded by the government.

            On the republican side, they are looking to spend less government funds and eliminate abortions being that the majority are pro life. The republican party has used logos by showing how much money is devoted to Planned Parenthood annually, and using pathos by using explicit explanations and content of abortions showing how gruesome the process is, and ethos by showing that the selling of an unborn baby’s organs is ethically wrong. On the democratic side, they are outraged as the majority of democratic voters are pro-choice. They are using logos by explaining that Planned Parenthood funds far more than just abortions alone. They provide millions of women with birth control, gynecology health, and mammograms, to name just a few. They are using pathos by bringing up situations where a woman’s pregnancy is a result of abuse, including rape and incest. Ethos is being used by also explaining how many women will no longer have access to necessary health care.

            The outburst of this news may have been one of the factors that possibly prompted the largest protest in history. The Women’s March was held on January 21, 2017. More than 3 million women and men participated in this event, including 7 continents and more than 600 individual marches. The main rights being fought for were women’s rights over their own bodies. Bringing an even further focus on the issues being sought out among Planned Parenthood. It will be interesting to see what comes of this heated deposition.