PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE FORMAT
Student’s Name: Kelly Palaguachi
Date: 4/27/2020
Topic: The birth control pill and it’s perks.
General Purpose: To persuade how the birth control pill is better.
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the control pill is better than the depo shot.
Thesis Statement: The birth control pill is better than the depo shot.
I. INTRODUCTION
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A. Attention Getter: According to The American Cancer Society it reported that there will be roughly
65,620 new cases of uterine cancer in 2020 and roughly 12,590 will die from uterine
cancer. However, research has proven that there are ways to reduce this fearful large
number that affects the women of our society.
B. Reason to Listen:
Therefore, you should listen to this as this affects the women of our population like
mothers, daughters, cousins and female friends.
C. Thesis Statement:
The birth control pill is better than the depo shot.
1. I myself am a woman and it’s very alarming to know the facts, that I
want to know how to prevent it.
2. The research I’ve conducted is being on birth control for five year
II. BODY.
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A. Need Step: The depo shot is worse than the birth control pill.
D. Credibility Statement:
1. The depo shot also known as the Depo- Provera shot is an injection that you get once every three
months for prevention of pregnancy. The depo shot has some alarming side effects that makes one
wonder if it is worth it. However, this type of birth control pill isn’t for everybody and can cause
more problems rather than help, which is what a birth control is supposed to do. The birth control
clearly pill being a much better alternative and less problematic as compared to the depo shot.
a. According to Guttmacher Institute in 2014 research has demonstrated that the
most effective method of birth control is the pill, beating the depo shot by 7%. This
signifies how ineffective the depo shot really is, compared to the birth control beating it by a
7% and being 99% effective.
b. According to Rachel Nall the side effects of the depo shot are a little alarming as
she states in her article that doctors recommend that a person taking the depo shot to
intake calcium supplements to reduce the risk of bone loss. This type of birth control is
meant to reduce the risk of pregnancy and not create worrisome problems with our bones.
Thinking about it in the long run it would now cost you even more having to do the
purchasing of the calcium supplements. This isn’t what a birth control should do.
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B. Solution Step: The birth control pill is better than the depo shot.
1. The birth control pill is a much better alternative to the depo shot birth control. It provides a more
conscience type of protection against pregnancy. The side effects aren’t so alarming and provide the
same, and if not more of a positive outcome for the person on the birth control pill rather than any
other type of birth control.
a. According to Rachel Nall the birth control pill is a more efficient type of birth
control. The birth control is often known to regulate periods. Often if women would
like to even not have their period for how painful it may be the birth control could
very well serve that purpose. Also, the birth control helps minimize cramping which
could benefit young teenagers.
b. In addition, Rachel Nall discuses there are additional uses of the birth control pill that
serve more purposes other than to just prevent pregnancy. For example like one of them
being to treat acne. To add on the birth control pill is often used by young teenage girls fight
against acne that is usually caused by their period at the time of development. So the birth
control pill could very well benefit women and young teenagers.
C. Visualization:
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(Use positive/negative or contrast strategies and make arguments to help your audience to visualize
your solution step; what happens if your solution will take or will not take place.
1. The birth control pill also known as oral contraceptive is a medication that contains a mix of
estrogen and progesterone, this needs to be taken every day in order to prevent pregnancy. However,
some women and teenagers take this birth control pill for more than just to prevent pregnancy.
Women intake birth control pills for the very positive side effects the pill causes that benefit the
women and young teenagers taking them.
a. According to Charlotte Anderson a study found that women who were on the birth control
pill are protected for up to 30 years from getting uterine and cervical cancer. This type of
cancer is a cancer that only affects women. This is significant because it affects half of our
human population. This is information that many women do not know and I’m pretty sure
some of the women that have suffered through this cancer would’ve been on the pill if they
knew it would help them.
b. In addition Anderson states that women who were on the birth control pill slashed their
risk of having endometrial cancer by a significant 25%, also this effect lasted for over 35
years after the women were off the pill. So, in essence you wouldn’t even have to be for
years and years on the pill. The decrease in actually getting endometrial cancer would
decrease and the effect would still last over 25 years
III. CONCLUSION: ACTION STEP
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A. Restate Thesis:
Therefore, the birth control pill is much better than the depo shot.
B Call for Action:
Which is why I strongly recommend to any women on a birth control to switch over
to the birth control pill at a place like Planned Parenthood where the product is
effective.
C. Closure:
The birth control pill has many advantages that benefit the female body and
none of the negative alarming side effects other birth control pills contain. This birth
control pill is a good tool that could very well protect a mother, a daughter, a friend
and even you amongst very common scary cancers that affect the female body.
References
Andersen, Charlotte Hilton, and Charlotte Hilton Andersen. “The Pill May Protect You From
This Common Cancer.” Shape, www.shape.com/lifestyle/sex-and-love/birth-control-pillscould-slash-your-risk-endometrial-cancer.
“Contraceptive Use in the United States.” Guttmacher Institute, 17 Apr. 2020,
www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-use-united-states#.
Rachel Nall, RN. “Birth Control Shot vs. the Pill: Which Is Better?” Medical News Today,
MediLexicon International, 15 Mar. 2019,
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324716#which-one-is-right-for-me.