...| Should Abortion legalized | HONORAY ARD | | Nuwanthi Kaushalya Sudharshan | 4/29/2016 | There are variations within each group depending on how liberal or conservative one’s opinions are, some individuals who are pro-life believe that in cases of rape or incest abortion should be allowed, and some pro-choice groups favor waiting periods and other restrictions on abortion. They only want women to have control over their bodies and futures. Therefore, contrary to popular media portrayals of the debate between pro-life and pro-choice groups, there is not really a clear line between the two sides of the argument for many. No matter which side you have personally taken.It is important to understand what the opposing position believes. The more you know about the arguments in favor of or against abortion, the better prepared you will be if you must make this type of decision regarding your own pregnancy. The proceeding procedure and elaborates some of the irrational argumentations or logical fallacies that associated with traditional and effective abortion strategies. Recently, there are many controversial topics in this world, and abortion is one of them. So I choose to talk about should abortion be legal. In this essay, I'm going to talk about pros and cons of abortion. It was not a big problem before; however, recently the number of abortions increases rapidly. In some countries, abortion is legalized and in some country abortion is treated as a crime. There is...
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...Abortion is wrong Abortion is wrong. There are many reasons as to why it is wrong. Abortion is murdering a human embryo. If abortion is legal then why isn’t murder? It is both the same in a way. Abortion is a safe procedure but can also be fatal and dangerous if not done professionally. Murder is illegal so I think abortion should be too. It’s taking innocent lives away and it’s cruel. Many people also think the human embryo isn’t a human because it hasn’t been born yet. Many people think abortion is okay and do not think it’s hurting anyone or killing a human being, but there is good supporting information stating that abortion is wrong and why. Abortion is the killing of an unborn human being. The United States government considers unborn...
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...Abortions Should be Outlawed Over one million Abortions are performed in the United States each year (Jones, 2008). That means a total of 3,322 lives are being taken daily by abortion alone. Lives are taken each day by war, crime, and cancer. Abortion can be prevented, and does not need to be another thing that is added to list of something that takes lives. Abortions convincing one life does not make killing another something that is okay. Abortions continued practice over time is a sign of fallenness of human kind, and is human cruelty (Kerry, 1998). Abortions should be illegal because, they violate fetal rights, have a negative effect on society, and can cause severe physiological issues to the women involved. Just as you and I did not ask to be conceived, neither did the child in question. It too should be given a chance at life and have rights. Not one life is ever more important than another. The fourteenth amendment states, “Anyone born or naturalized in the United States will have equal rights,” (Hudson, 2015, Para. 1). If the fetus is conceived (naturalized) in the United States, then they have equal rights as stated in the constitution. Abortions performed, are crimes being committed per the fourteenth amendment. Twenty-one days after conception there is a human heart beat (Jalsea, 2016). A mother does not find out she is pregnant until twenty-eight days after conception, sometimes longer. This is due to the HCG levels in the mother’s body not being strong enough...
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...Abortion In Thai Perspective By Nattapong Pienpitak ID : 213210116 ENG 103 Stamford University International College 9th December, 2014 Introduction Abortion or some says “miscarriage” has a long story and can be dated back to our ancient civilization such as China, Egypt, and Roman empires. There are several evidences to indicate that abortion is committed since ancient time. There are many ways to abort fetus inside mother’s stomach which are considered all inhumane, however, people still doing it till this very day. There are three main methods of abortion which people use around the world which are, medical abortion, surgical abortion, and other methods. However, the information in this essay will not focus on the process of those abortions, but it will mention why people should oppose abortion especially Thailand. According to Population Policy Data Bank (2012), in late 1970, more than 300,000 illegal abortions were performed in rural area of Thailand and most of operations were performed by untrained or non-medical personnel. Thailand is one of the countries that have alarming abortion rates in the world which is considered to be very unacceptable because Thailand is a Buddhist country. Abortion in Thailand is seen by large majority of Thai people as murder. In other word, in public perspective, abortion is considered to be very fatal and can be considered as last alternative. There are three main understandable reasons for Thai...
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...When someone has a child, it is one of the greatest responsibilities that anyone could have because you are putting someone else’s needs in front of yours. When an unexpected pregnancy happens, women wonder whether they should keep the child or not. Abortion has been one of the main issues in America that has not been solved. My opinion about abortion is indifferent. I do not believe people should abort, but I do believe people should have the right to choose with reasoning. The reasons why a mother should abort their baby would be because of health issues or something happened to the mother which caused this unexpected pregnancy. By health issues, I mean if during labor or anytime during the pregnancy the mother could die or fatally ill. Another health issue would be, if the baby would become mentally retarded and the mother absolutely could not handle having a mentally ill child. No mother wants to see their child suffer day in and day out, but putting the baby at peace by aborting it would be okay. By something happing to the mother, I mean rape. When someone is a rape victim, it is never easy to cope with the idea someone forced you to do something you did not want to do. The mother would not be mentally or physically prepared to take care of a child....
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...May 5, 2015 Abortion Being a parent and making up a family has been big dream for many of us. Having a baby is a gift to a parent even though it comes with a lot of responsibilities. Sometimes, people are excited to give birth to their baby, but sometimes babies come at the wrong time. What I mean in the later case is that the pregnancy was not planned or expected. Overtime as medical technology is improving, there is a solution for unplanned pregnancy, abortion. Living in the country that grants sovereignty to us with freedom of power, abortion should be a legal and rightful medical treatment to any adult as it has been legalized in part of the United States for person aged over 18. The debate over whether abortion should be legal continues to divide Americans into two sides. As it has been shown frequently on Televisions or Internet, there are many demonstrations against abortion every once a while, still, no answer or solution for it. An abortion is a medical procedure for termination of pregnancy, which means to end up a human life. In more straightforward word, some people called it a crime of murder. Have you wonder a life with a baby with physical or mental disability? The cost for raising a special baby and the responsibilities it carries are tremendous. Separating education cost apart, only the medical cost will be enough to burn parents’ wallet out. Usually, when a parent receives a notification of carrying a defect baby, most people have lost their courage to continue...
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...Date Defining and Measuring Crime Introduction Crime has always been a shadow upon society’s image as these learned behaviors can be present in all shapes and sizes, in cities, streets, and even homes. Defining crime is multifaceted, and mainly relies on social, economic, and political factors. However, crime is a behavior and action punishable by law. People argue on the extent of crime which deserves punishment or law action. In general, no matter how depraved, culpable, treacherous, or damaging an act or behavior is, it will be subject to punishment. Other people argue that crimes depend on law of a state and the legislature. The types of punishment vary depending on the crime committed and seriousness of the crime. Criminal behavior changes from place to place and from time to time. Strong public notions and varying moral values have a substantial influence on the interpretation and understanding of crime. The first main problem of studying crime is coming up with the appropriate definition of the act or behavior. Discussion Crime covers complicated and several acts and behaviors that it has been difficult to have a standard definition of the subject. For instance, some countries and states have legalized abortion while others still consider abortion a crime. Matters of homosexuality are still frowned upon by some people because of their moral standings. In this case, it can be confusing on whether abortion falls under criminal activities or lawful...
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...Abortion is the end of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive the growth of becoming a baby. Pregnancy ended before birth has become very argumentative between people who agree and disagree with decision of removing a fetus. When people started hearing about pregnancies ended before birth , people had their own opinions about it. I am pro-life . I think that if you put yourself into a position then you have to deal with the results.I also feel that if a women was raped which meaning she had not given a man the consent to make have sex with her then an abortion is acceptable.why should an innocent child have to give up there life because of two people's mistakes? if you are not ready for a responsibility don't risk it....
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...PROS AND CONS OF ABORTION ABORTION- it could be defined as ending a pregnancy early. There are two methods for abortion; one by taking pills i.e. medical abortion, the other is done by surgery i.e. surgical abortion. The reasons for abortion vary between the rights of choice to the rights of life. It’s a choice made when either or both partners decide not to have the conceived child. There are many arguments faced when making such a choice. The decision is challenged on the grounds of both moral and ethical. Abortion has always been a heated subject in a society, as every individual has their own school of thoughts regarding this matter. There are many perspectives through which we can argue the grounds of going for an abortion. The debate on this is divided into two groups, on that is a pro-life group claiming that a life starts at the point of conceiving, therefore abortion is literally murder. Then there is the other group fighting for the right of choice in this matter known as pro-choice group. They both are at opposite poles with their arguments. People supporting pro-choice work towards creating legal options for abortion. They work to make laws that allow people to choose under given circumstances whether they want to go for abortion or not. They are to some extant justified in supporting this perspective. In some cases, the pregnancy is too complicated or dire for the mother to give birth that it becomes absolutely necessary to go for such options. Sometimes there...
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...Moral Permissibility of Abortion One question of great importance in today’s world deals with the moral permissibility of abortion. Traditional thought teaches that only in very rare occasions should it be permitted. Many modern thinkers tend to leave it up to the decision of the woman, who is under no responsibility to the fetus because it is not a fully developed person. The question of the moral permissibility of abortion, however, draws out a plethora of other questions such as: can a fetus be considered a human being? If so, when does it become a human being? Does a fetus have the same rights as a person? Is a woman required to sacrifice her health, interests, and commitments to sustain the fetus? In this essay, I will review the articles of Margaret Little and Judith Thomson to expose flaws in their arguments in behalf of abortion, and provide reasons that reject its permissibility. Thomson’s argument is known as the “Bodily Rights Argument,” which utilizes the analogy of the unconscious violinist to show that a pregnant mother, who did not chose to be in that situation, has no obligation to care for the life of the fetus against her will. This analogy tells of a person who is kidnapped and, upon waking, finds herself attached to medical equipment and lying next to a famous violinist. The violinist’s kidneys have failed him and aren’t able to remove toxins from his body, so they needed her, the one person with the right type of blood, to save the violinist. The doctor...
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...criminal defences to make them not criminally responsible or less criminally responsible for the charge. Some of the Criminal defences used are the insanity defense, claiming that the offender was mentally insane, the necessity defence, claiming that the crime was committed to prevent a more serious crime from occurring, and being underage. Each of these three criminal defences are very effective ways of reducing or eliminating criminal responsibility from the offender. A person's age is a large variable in determining whether or not the person is criminally responsible. and child under the age of seven years old is most likely not going to...
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...The argument on whether abortion is morally permissible has been considered for years. Most philosophers incline to accept moral principle that it is always prima facie seriously wrong to end the life of a person in normal circumstances. The personhood of an embryo and foetus has somehow invoked another controversial issue on whether they are kind of beings, or persons, that it is seriously wrong, for any sake, to end their life. Both the anti-abortionist side and pro-choicers side can only give equally vague boundary on claiming that foetus is a person, or not so. However, as we will find out later in this essay, the problem of whether a foetus is a person, or whether a foetus has serious right to life, does not significantly affect the consideration of abortion under Thomson’s account. The argument of the personhood of foetus will just stay at a standoff if there is no clear definition or lists for what characteristics make a thing a person. When we draw line to represent the development of a human being from the state of conception to the point that a baby is born, it will be arbitrary to choose a point which the thing inside a mother is a person after that point and not a person before that point. Moreover, the opposite of abortion may suggest that a foetus, even at the moment of conception, is a person because of their potential future, meanwhile, the supporters of abortion may insist that a foetus has not yet become a person because it lacks of some characteristics that...
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...Abortion: The Wrong Choice Tammy Edwards COM/172 September 15, 2010 Sunny Rowland Abortion: The Wrong Choice Nearly half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended, and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion (Guttmacher Institute, Incidence of Abortion, May 2010). Abortion should be made illegal, because a fetus is a baby, no person has a right to take another's life, and an unborn baby cannot make the decision to live or die. A Fetus is a Baby While some view abortion as something people should be able to choose, others say abortion is a great evil, which is destroying the moral fabric of society Cline (2010). Many of the arguments turn on the status of the fetus: Is a fetus a person? A fetus is indeed a baby. From the moment of conception, a fetus is alive and growing inside the mother’s womb. For this reason, the fetus is a baby and considered a living, breathing being. If this were not so, then why is there a law in the state of California that if a person murders a pregnant female, that person is then charged with two counts of murder instead of just one Simon (2004)? This is true no matter how far along the mother is, one day or nine months. Therefore, this makes the fetus a real person. No Person Has a Right to Take a Life No person has the right to take another person’s life. Many skeptics say that the Bible does not say anything specifically about abortion. That there are no references to women seeking to end pregnancies, for example, by...
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...Student’s Name Institution’s Name Course Name Submission Date Abortion With the expansion of personal freedoms through the constitutional provisions, abortion has become a question of personal choice rather than a moral question. Yet there are those who still argue that individuals should not be given the prerogative to decide if they should carry their pregnancies to term, even if that pregnancy is as a result of rape. All these arguments are misguided. In this paper, I propose that the question of aborting or not should be left to the individual(s) who has the responsibility of bringing up the child if at all the pregnancy is taken to full term. Proponents of Pro-choice argue that women who have procured an abortion have a higher propensity of suffering from a broad spectrum of mental health complications such as agoraphobia, panic attack, panic disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder and substance-abuse anomalies (Coleman et al. 45). Notably, these side effects are bound to affect women who have procured abortion and this is largely due to the fact that with opposition still coming from some sections of our societies, these women are denied their rightful societal place due to discrimination. Most of them balk away from the society as they suspect, and accurately so, that they will be discriminated against by the very people who are supposed to provide moral and psychological help. In fact, the propensity of these women to retreat into these psychological...
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...Abortion: Being Banned? Everyone has their own opinion when it comes to the topic of abortions. I believe abortion that is murder. This topic has been around for years, being the center of all talk in a lot of places for many people. Many other people agree with me, they believe that abortion is murder and that it should be illegal. There are many stories and assumptions made when this subject is mentioned. I’m going to list and explain why abortion should be illegal, and how this will affect our nation and future generations. Many people believe that abortion is murder and this is why many say that it should be illegal. A fetus has a heartbeat,...
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