Betty is opposed to capital punishment by lethal injection. But doctors inject patients with all sorts of medicines every day. For example, vaccines against flu, pneumonia, and tetanus are injected into millions of patients. Antibiotics are injected for a whole host of bacterial infections, and insulin is injected for diabetes. Obviously Betty's views are not supported by the evidence.
A) Red herring.
B) Appeal to pity.
C) No fallacy.
D) Slippery slope.
E) Straw man.

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The argument introduces irrelevant information about the medical use of injections to distract from the issue of capital punishment, which is a red herring fallacy.

Betty Is Opposed to Capital Punishment by Lethal Injection