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Question of the Day for 6/27/2025

Subject: SAT

The following is a passage about the issue of abortion, a medical procedure by which a woman's pregnancy is ended prematurely by removing the fetus before birth. A pro-life advocate generally believes that abortion should not be allowed whereas a pro-choice advocate generally believes that abortion should be allowed.
1: Many pro-life and pro-choice advocates cannot even
2: accurately state the other sides' position; and
3: many people cannot even state their own position
4: in a way they would be comfortable with after even
5: just a few questions that get them to reflect on
6: it.
7: Almost no pro-choice advocate believes, for
8: example, that giving a woman choice over whether
9: to have an abortion or not means that she
10: cannot make a wrong choice or choice that
11: she would regret -- a choice made, and honored,
12: say, in a moment of panic or fear, or a
13: choice made on wrong information about the
14: health of the fetus, the likely future quality
15: of life of her child, or insufficient
16: information about the resources available to
17: help her have, care for, and successfully rear
18: a healthy child. Almost no pro-choice
19: advocate believes that abortion should be a
20: person's chosen first-line method of birth
21: control or method of gender determination.
22: Almost no pro-choice advocate believes that
23: promiscuity or sexual irresponsibility
24: (male or female) is a good thing or that
25: either ought to be encouraged. Almost no
26: pro-choice advocate thinks that teen-age
27: sex or teen-age pregnancy is a good thing.
28: Almost no pro-choice advocate believes that
29: abortion is or ought to be considered a
30: casual event or that it should be undertaken
31: without reverence and respect for the life
32: or potential life that is being ended.
33: Almost none but the most zealous pro-life
34: advocates think babies should be made to be
35: born if that means they only suffer painfully
36: and prolongedly until they die with nothing
37: to somehow make up for that suffering.

Why does the author include the language "suffer painfully?" (line 35)

To introduce his personal perspective on abortion
To reveal a bias
To address multiple perspectives on the process of childbirth
To add emotional impact to the argument
To demonstrate a case in which abortion would almost certainly be an option

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