Generally people taking contraceptive pills do not want to get pregnant. In this news story the author, Saundra Young, informs and promotes a new birth control pill containing extra benefits to the reader The style of writing is quite scientific but it is easy to follow her line of thoughts.
Saundra Young explains briefly the new attribute, ‘folic acid’, that is added to a previously safe contraceptive pill. She goes into some of its benefits in preventing health defects while being pregnant.
From this, the reader can pick up conflicting issues. Why would a person taking the pill be interested in preventing birth defects while being pregnant? And is the pill not supposed to prevent people from becoming pregnant? The reader may get the wrong impression and loose trust in the product.
People reading this article will probable be taking some sort of birth control pills. By chance I’m actually taking the original pill that the author is talking about, as a result, I found myself more involved in the article once I recognised the brand. This has probably occurred to other women who are in the same position as me.
The writer goes on to explain that there are other benefits concerning peoples’ own health. The area of research into peoples’ general health is more relevant to readers that are not interested in having children in the near future.
Straight after mentioning general health, the author switches to a different audience, which are more worried about having healthy children after years of using the pill. They are given further insights into the dosage and the effects of folic acid.
As a conclusion, the author uses a quote from Dr. Sharon Mass, to reassure the reader that the pill is 99 percent effective and of its added benefits.
Depending on the readers and their mindsets on pregnancy, the news story can come across in two different manners.
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