My argument

Claim: The federal government should mandate all vaccines that are FDA approved
Qualifier: The mandate would not be required for those who practice a religion that is against it.
Good Reasons: Vaccines have reduced the number of cases for deadly diseases by huge numbers. Vaccines have even demolished some diseases altogether. Life expectancy has increased due to the reduction of horrible diseases
Warrants: The health of the American people should be a national priority.
Backing: American adults want to stay healthy to see their children grow to be healthy and live long, happy lives (emotional appeal). As a country that has dedicated so much time and money to prevent disease, it only makes sense to take advantage of the vaccines (ethical appeal).
Evidence: The country is spending more money on treating diseases then on vaccinations (fact as evidence).
Studies show that autism and vaccines were not linked, plus the preservative was taken out anyway (logical appeal as evidence)
Successfully mandating all the vaccines approved would require a renewed trust in the health system and take a collective effort from the people financially and scientifically (logical appeal as evidence)
Most children only benefit from getting vaccines as small children (emotional appeal).
Authority: The FDA
Conditions of Rebuttal: Decisions to get vaccines should be left up to the decisions of the parents or the recipient. Vaccines do more harm than good
Response: If there is a religious conflict, then the mandate will not apply. Vaccines have been proven to work, or they wouldn’t be allowed to be released by the government. As soon as something is seen to even possibly be harmful it is taken off the market. Many different studies don’t link vaccines to autism and other diseases. All medical advancements like the vaccine are not perfect and will have some adverse effects.

I think I have a pretty good set up for my paper. I don’t want to spend a ton of space on the rebuttal, because I don’t want to seem too defensive, however, I want to be able to defend my claim. I think I should work on my warranty a little bit more and definitely spend some more time formulating evidence for my warrant. I really need to just sit down and go over all of my sources and pick out all the things that will help me to give evidence for my claim and warrant.