the outline of the passage about abortion

Outline

Topic: Abortion should be further legalized and standardized by law

Organization: Current situation, Reason and importance, Action to take

Visual Aid: PPT

I) Introduction

1) Show some pictures to grab attention

2) Put forward a question

3) State my viewpoint

4) Preview main points: current situation, reasons and importance of abortion, actions to take

5) Transition: now let’s focus on the topic about abortion

Ⅱ) Current situation about pregnancy and abortion

1) There is no yet the unanimous opinion on abortion

A) certain countries gradually set up laws to legalize abortion

B) many countries still ban it completely

2) Benefits of many pregnant females can’t be guaranteed effectively

A) 19 million unsafe abortions

B) 70,000 deaths, millions of injuries and permanent disabilities

3) Many young girls are pregnant (for rape, incest, child abuse…)

A) 7,300,000 pregnant females under 18 years old

B) 2,000,000 females under 15 years old

4）Transition: it is an unchangeable fact that they have been pregnant, so what should they do? It is no use scolding them

Ⅲ) Reason and importance

1）the restriction on abortion is harmful (raise rhetorical questions)

A) drop out of school to give birth?

B) obey the law and raise the baby irresponsibly?

2) It is insensible that people give birth to babies regardless of other problems

A) abortion prevent grave injury to pregnant females

B) avoid some unacceptable quality of life

3) Does n’t mean people can have sex without taking responsibility

4) Females have the right to choose whether to give birth ( quote a saying) Transition: taking these into consideration, abortion shouldn’t be banned completely but be more legalized and standardized in some cases

Ⅳ) Actions to take

1) Legislation

A) state abortion legal in certain cases clearly

B) set up corresponding security laws

C) impose restriction on the frequency of abortion

2) Supervise the process of abortion

3) Provide services for abortion

4) Inform citizens of the seriousness of abortion

Ⅴ) Conclusion

1) Indicate the conclusion: abortion should be further legalized and standardized

2) Review the main points: current situation, the reasons and importance of abortion

and action

3) Maybe several years later, we will know better on the abortion. what do you think

of it?

4) Thank you for your listening.