Causal Arguments

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Causal Arguments

• A Presentation
• By
• Jeffrey Collins
• Rachael Peterson
• and
• Kelsey Scott

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Claim
The right to die does not lead to the duty to die.
Evidence

• Use of the Death with
• Dignity Act did not increase
• between 2000 2001.

• There are several safeguards
• to the Oregon system that
• prevent abuses

Warrant

• Since there is no correlation
• there can be no causation

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Evidence

• South Dakota has made
• abortion illegal.

• When abortion is illegal,
• back alley abortions will
• increase.

Warrant

• The relationship between
• these two phenomena is
• causal rather than
• coincidental.

Claim
Back alley abortions will increase in South
Dakota
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Fin.