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Response Toulmin Argument Revision plan: Euthanasia should not be legalized Euthanasia is the process of ending life prematurely with an aim of ending suffering or pain. Euthanasia should not be legalized (claim). This is because it changes the role of the physicist from that of saving life to that of ending it (ground). It is against major religious beliefs like Christianity, Christians believe that taking of life is murder no matter the reason and is interfering to God’s plan. Islam Medical Association is also against the mercy killing (ground).

The terminally ill deserve love, human comfort and care in their dying moments as compared to ending of their lives. Euthanasia denies the individuals the right to make decisions on their own lives and banning of such an act will be helpful to such individuals (warrant). If euthanasia is banned the sick will have the freedom to make self decision and more so the poor who lack proper health care and who are most exposed to it (backing statement). We should however note that some individuals with terminally ill diseases would prefer euthanasia as compare to the continued pain and suffering (rebuttal).

In the above argument, I have used the following elements of Toulmin analysis; claim, ground, warrant, backing statement and rebuttal statements. I have also considered instances of rebuttal and have qualified my claim adequately by use of supporting grounds. 2. Comments on Storm Stocker parent’s decision to raise a genderless baby. The story on Storm Stocker resulted to various reactions from the public with some supporting the parents move while others were against it. The story ran on many media websites and produced to major comments.

In the Mail Online, the story was published on 25th May 2011. Commenting on the story, Helen argued that she gives her son the right to have dolls and the freedom to be whom he wants to be but cannot allow him to wear a pink dress. According to her it is her right to make the correct decisions for him at the moment but he will have such rights when he is old enough. The mother claims that when he has grown up, she will accept all the decisions he makes. I find this comment interesting since it brings out the role of parents at the initial stages of life where they should assist their children in decision making and enable the roles to change in the future.

Tony showed his disappointment by calling the parents stupid and informing them that their child is not a science project. He advised them to end the experiment before they damaged their child beyond repair. This comment is interesting since he assumes the parents are using their child as an experiment despite their perception that they are giving freedom to their child. I Miller, who claims to have been in the medical field for 43 years old uses the kids features and declares that the baby is a boy since it has fullness of cranial features, skull prominence, orbital socket fullness, lower jaw to neck masculine tissue format.

He argues that it is clear that the mother wanted a girl but ended up getting a boy hence the concealing of gender, his advice to her is to be grateful of getting a health baby. Miller joins others speculating the sex of the child despite the parent’s aim of it being a secret and their request for people to stop being judgmental (Daily mail reporter). ReferenceDaily mail reporter. “Are these the most PC parents in the world? The couple raising a genderless baby. to protect his (or her) right to choice.

” Mail online, 25th May 2011. Web. 7th July 2014. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389593/Kathy-Witterick- David-Stocker-raising-genderless-baby.html#ixzz36shP9IA5