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This article has given two individuals to present their arguments for and against the Healthcare Insurance Law. Karen Davenport presents her arguments supporting the health care law and the individual mandate; Michael Cannon presents his arguments particularly against the individual mandate and the claim that the mandate will lower costs of medical care.

This article gives points from both sides of the spectrum regarding Abortion. It is a super controversal subject. Some people believe that even if you dont want the child, that you should at least wait out the pregnancy and then give the baby up for adoption. On the other hand, you have this person that has no interest in this child that they are carrying, so are they really going to make sure that it is a healthy pregnancy? Like no drinking, or smoking, taking all the pre-natal vitamins...and if the answer is no, then is it doing more harm putting a baby through future potential problems? All these questions are what make this topic so difficult to argue for or against and to be absolutly sure about the decision.

Many points come up in the abortion debate. Here's a look at 10 abortion arguments from both sides - 10 arguments for abortion and 10 arguments against abortion - for a total of 20 statements covering a range of issues including teen pregnancy, rape and incest, post-abortion stress, health concerns and complications, and whether abortion is moral.

In an argumentative essay, a reader might come across some of the following uses of transitional words and phrases.

Non-religious view on the morality of prostitution and why it should not be allowed.  The argument is made by Scott A. Anderson and the article is written by Austin Cline.  Good overview of Anderson's argument

This site goes into full detail on religious rite and civil rights, what is the point of gay's getting married, and many other arguments. In a religious stand point if gay marriage is legalized it will look to many as a defeat for their religion. In another point for the people who say marriage is between a man and women, and how we need to define who is a man and who is a woman. 

I found this site by googling gay marriage. It is a website that actually explains different views on 42 different issues. If you are having difficulty proposing the other side's argument, this may give you some ideas.

I found this site by googling gay marriage. It is a website that actually explains different views on 42 different issues. If you are having difficulty proposing the other side's argument, this may give you some ideas.

Gay marriage argument in Iowa.

Ask just about anyone. They'll all tell you they're in favor of equal rights for homosexuals. Just name the situation, and ask. They'll all say, yes, gays should have the same rights in housing, jobs, public accommodations, and should have equal access to government benefits, equal protection of the law, etcetera, etcetera.

This is a long essay about gay marriage. It states a lot of arguments against gay marriage. Though it is biased as being one person's opinions, this would be a good place to find opposing arguments to do research more on.

From a medical view there are many reasons not to legalize prostitution. STD's could be tested for in advance but the testing could not keep up with the amount of partners a prostitute would have. The health risks are too dangerous to chance.

Article on why prostitution should not be legalized using medical analysis.  Very short but very thorough with many cited works.

The four main arguments for guns are some of the strongest. They range from the second amendment to "guns don't kill people, people kill people." When a shooting is happening, one way to stop the person very well could be another gun. otherwise you have to run away and hide and can't stop that person.

Cardinal O'Brien's argument against same sex marriage with errors and manipulations of rhetoric and logical thinking.

This paper is an argument that more government is better and that those who believe in a smaller government are wrong. Although on the surface his arguments appear to be valid, he fails to substantiate his big government position by elaborating how just how big a government can be and not implode to the point of a despotism.

This paper argues if more government means less freedom for us. It state some of the view of what a big government can do to our freedoms.

This presentation of the facts on Mandated Healthcare that has gone before the Supreme Court touches on the stated facts of the argument presented before the Justices. It makes a valid attempt to define the differences and similarities between what is called Obamacare and what is presented by Rep. Ryan in what the article refers to as "Ryancare."

This article provides information on a medical practice in Chicago that does not require vaccinations for the children the care for. They state that none of their patients have Autism and only one child has Asthma. They compare their patients and the children of the Amish in rural Lancaster who also have never been vaccinated. Although federal health authorities dismiss the argument that vaccines can cause Autism it is hard to overlook the fact that children who are not vaccinated do not develop Autism.

This article is about a girl who is trying to boycott the sales of girl scout cookies because a transgendered seven year old was allowed into the girl scouts. It brings up the argument of whether or not a person should be allowed to join an entirely female organization just because she identifies as female.

Side by side arguments on whether prostitution should be legalized.  Total of 56 articles.  Articles are written by seemingly anyone but some cite works.

A list of pros and cons. Arguments are made by people from multiple occupations in multiple countries.

Article seems to be written by a college student who is writing an argumentative paper on legalizing prostitution.  Good article to use for ideas but I would need to do my own research on statistics due to age of article.

Position paper which provides information on topics ranging from religion to career choice.  Excellent selection for a pro argument.

Governor Chris Gregoire announces her support for gay marriage in Washington. She's has some pretty good arguments in her news conference.