Persuasive Essay On My Sisters Keeper

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The novel “My Sister’s Keeper”, written by Jodi Picoult, follows the life of 13-year-old, Anna Fitzgerald, who was conceived as a genetically engineered match for her sister Kate. Anna was brought into this world to primarily serve as a bone marrow donor for Kate, who has been battling leukemia since childhood. When a kidney transplant is Kate’s only hope for survival, Anna begins to fight for medical emancipation. Aware of the consequences that will cost her sisters life, Anna believes that she deserves a chance to live her life along her own terms. This decision and lawsuit raises great conflict amongst the girl’s parents as it turns out that Brian, the father, admits that Anna has been forced into many procedures against her will. On the

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