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Texas Democratic Parties Discussion

Texas Democratic Parties Discussion

OUTLINE RESEARCH PAPER: The discussion requires 10 complete sentences with two examples to support your position. Your examples can be personal or from other stories. No citations are required.

MLA NATIONAL or TEXAS PAPER –  ISSUE, INTEREST GROUPS,  POLITICAL PARTY, PUBLIC OPINION

MLA citations are required

  1. This paper is a National or Texas-centered issue – you can choose in the federal class.
  2. Select an issue that the National or Texas Democratic or Republican parties (depending if you choose a national or Texas issue) are divided on during the 2022 election cycle.Be specific for example – If you writing about a bill for example – you must identify the name of the actual bill.
  3. Paper must be 500 words minimum – double spaced – Times Roman.
  4. MLA bibliography page is not part of the 500 words or three pages.
  5. MLA citation must be included (in-text) at the end of each paragraph (not introduction or conclusion)
  6. MLA bibliography page must be included.
  7. MLA Headers for each paragraph – Name the header based on:
    1. Introduction
    2. The name of the issue
    3. Interest groups
    4. Party
    5. Group or demographic that supports the party
    6. Conclusion
    7. Both the outline and the paper combine for the overall grade.

These are the six outline questions you must answer

  1. What issue are you writing about?
  • In my paper, I will analyze women’s abortion rights in Texas
  1. What is the first interest group you have selected and what position do they hold on the issue?
  • The World Health Organization helps women choose to get an abortion in order to receive better health care.

“Abortion.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion.

  1. What is the second interest group you have selected and what opposing position do they hold on the issue?
  •  The Texas Alliance for Life is a Texas-based anti-abortion advocacy

organization. The organization opposes “abortion advocacy and practice (unless to save the mother’s life).”

“Changing Hearts, Saving Lives.” Texas Alliance for Life, 8 Feb. 2022, https://www.texasallianceforlife.org/.

  1. What political party have you selected and what is their position on the issue.
  • The initial official party (Republican) platform opposes abortion and says that babies have a right to life, so the Republican Party is often thought of as anti-abortion. The Texas bill was met with opposition from Democrats, who argued that it was unconstitutional.
  • Menezes, Andrew. “House Democrats, Republicans Clash over Texas Abortion Law.” Roll Call, Roll Call, 4 Nov. 2021, https://rollcall.com/2021/11/04/house-democrats-republicans-clash-over-texas-abortion-law/.
  1. What groups of Texans or groups across the country typically support the party? One sentence is enough for this answer. groups that support the Republican Parties who are pro-life would be Catholics.

New Texas abortion law is a Pyrrhic victory for pro-life cause | National Catholic Reporter

  1. Summarize how important is your issue to this party?

This is important to the Republican party because more than two dozen abortion clinics across Texas have closed as a result of a tough state anti-abortion law that imposed targeted control on abortion providers. It’s also dedicated to preserving human life from conception through natural death.

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