...Pro-life? Pro-choice? Such a controversial issue, abortion. Many people, including myself, struggle on what side to be on. After much research and consideration, I’m pro-life. Those who are anti-abortion, support women. Abortion is defined as any various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy. The debate starts at the question “where does a life begin?” Some say it starts at conception and others argue that it starts when the baby is viable. Viable, meaning capable of living on its own. I for one believe that, life starts at conception. People hear embryo, zygote, and fetus and think that those labels make them any less of a human being. No matter the stage, we’re still human beings that have a future. Did you know that all states allow abortions up to 19 weeks? That only 16 states have a ban on abortions from 20-24 weeks? Also, 22 states only put a ban when the child is considered ‘post-viable’ – When the baby is able to live outside the womb. Lastly, 8 states have absolutely no ban at all and lovely New Jersey is one of them. The reality is, late-term abortion is no different than early-term. So really, there isn’t anywhere that has a law saying that it’s illegal to terminate a pregnancy at all. Charles Lugosi argues that “created life must always and under all circumstances have the right to be born.” When you think about it, this being inside you is alive, human and complete. A fertilized egg has all the characteristics of life; it can produce its own...
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...Abortion Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Since 1900, abortion has been an act that has been given attention in our society. Abortion is the act of removing a fetus from the mother’s womb. The act has brought about pro-life and pro-choice groups in our country. Pro-life argue that abortion is murder and pro-choice argue that it is not since the fetus is not human. The problem comes in when these two groups do not agree in the legalization of abortion (Opposing Viewpoint Online Collection, 2015). It is true that abortion is not safe and people do not have knowledge about its adverse effects. It bring many complication after the act. The complications are emotional, psychological and physical. 10% of the women in America who go through induced abortion get complications immediately. 2% of these women have major complications. The minor complications include, vomiting, serious pain in the abdomen, bleeding, disturbances in gastro-intestine, fevers and infections. Major complications include, ripped and perforated uterus, complications brought by anesthesia, embolism, convulsions, and injury in the cervix and endotoxic shock (Opposing Viewpoint Online Collection, 2015). Long-term effects of abortion can lead to sterility, mental problems such as guilt, anxiety, grief, emotional numbness or paralysis and drug or alcohol abuse. 44% of abortion patients suffered from nervous disorders this is according to a post-abortion study. It also revealed that 36% had sleep...
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...The first article chosen was Abortion Is a Form of Genocide by Meredith Eugene Hunt. The issue in this article is “abortion as a form of genocide is accurate by historical and accepted standards of the word’s definition” (Abortion, 2010). I highlighted this as the issue because it includes everything the author is trying to prove to the reader. Hunt wants to make it known that she believes abortion is a form of genocide even though the parameters fit loosely. She also points to the fact that history has shown evidence of genocide, and she uses that history to show the similarities between genocide and abortion. Hunt is making an argument that is both deductive and inductive. In some cases she gives proof in her accusations of the terms abortion and genocide. On the other hand, at times she offers supporting information intended to sway the reader to her side of the argument. The first conclusion in the article is “abortion does not fit in perfectly with the original use” with the premise being “Hunt identifies the origin of the term “genocide” (Abortion, 2010). This is a valid deductive argument because the term genocide is factual and therefore abortion not fitting exactly into that definition can only be true. The next conclusion found was “abortion could have genocidal characteristics, but would not qualify as genocide legally”, and the premise is “unwanted preborn children as a group are not “national, ethnic, racial, or religious” (Abortion, 2010). There is an unstated...
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...Women Abortion Margaret Higgins Sanger, an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse once said “No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.” This can frustrate the law and religious restrictions of women about abortion. Today, abortion is a controversial issue. Many people argue that unborn babies are human beings from the moment of conception; therefore abortion involves killing a human being, which defies a commandment from God. On the contrary, other people say that to choose safe abortion is a right for women and the anti-abortion position is usually based on religious beliefs and threatens the vital separation of church and state. In fact, abortion is completely safe and to hinder abortion also means to limit the women’s rights and cause harmful effects for them and their families. The government should give women the right to decide what they can or cannot do with their bodies instead of having some politicians or churches dictate this to them. To see this more clearly, we should have a look at the current situation of abortion. The issue of abortion is popular, controversial and closely related to the problem of women’s equality in our society. According to the Guttmacher Institute, each year, almost half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended. About half of these unplanned pregnancies, 1.3 million per year, are ended by abortion (par. 1, 3). In 1973, the Supreme Court case Roe...
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...Kiana Rivera ENG 101/1:00 Shafer FEMINISM IS THE RADICAL NOTION THAT WOMEN ARE PEOPLE Bra-burning and man-hating extremists, feminists are branded as insane, radical women who want to establish a matriarchy. While some feminists are angry and some hate men, not all feminists do. Actually, according to Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner in The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, feminism “simply means the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” (Feminism, Oppoising Viewpoints, pg 14) We only ever hear of the negative associated with feminism. When anti-feminist people are asked questions, most don’t understand why they believe that feminism is wrong and extreme; they do not understand why it is so vitally important, and why, even in 2013, it is still a relevant issue. Although there's a lot of information about feminism out there, much of it is judgmental, misinformed, or quite simply false. Women should have equal rights as men, and taking a stand to achieve this ideal with feminism is what’s slowly accomplishing this goal. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities; organized activity in support of women's rights and interests.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, pg 1) In an article by Rachel Fudge, published in 2005 she brings up a very valid point on the issue of feminism and the many years that is has been around: “Despite 150 years of activism in pursuit of women's...
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...B. Haddad and Nawal M. Nour in their article “Unsafe Abortion: Unnecessary Maternal Mortality,” 20 million of the 42 million abortions that happen annually are self-induced and unsafe. Abortion should always be legal in any circumstance, such as when it is what the woman wants or needs to do for either her health or the babies. Fetal suffering is one reason to keep abortion legal because 67% of fetal anomalies will be terminated in the second trimester due to concern for both the child and mothers quality of life (Antenatal Care). Rape is another circumstance in which the woman may need an abortion. Postpartum depression, an effect of rape caused pregnancies, already has more than 3 million people in its grips a year (Rape-related...
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...Sabrina VanDerwarker Elisabeth Rutledge English 1302_71 25 November 2014 Researched Argument Audience Analysis: Abortion 1. Who is your audience? What is the name of the person or group for whom you are writing this argument? Why have you chosen this person or group as your target audience? Why will your argument have exigence for your audience? My audience would be to pregnant women. I have chosen my audience to be pregnant women because women who get pregnant are often asked if they know all their options. 2. How open is your audience to your argument? Is it undecided or hostile? Keep in mind that the more hostile your audience is, the more time you will need to spend establishing common ground between you and your audience. My audience would have to be more towards hostile because abortion is a sensitive subject to some people. 3. How will you organize your argument to accommodate your audience’s level of openness to your position? Will your argument have a classical structure? Will it have a Rogerian structure? Will you be presenting your reasons and evidence before directly stating your thesis? Why, based on your knowledge of your audience, will your argument have the organization you will be using? I will give both of the sides of the argument and keep an open mind when presenting both sides. My argument will have a Rogerian structure and my thesis will come after all the evidence is presented. 4. What are your audience's priorities and goals? What...
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...http://www.uoptutors.com/hum-115/hum-115-week-3-points-of-view Complete the following three-part assignment in a Microsoft® Word document. Points of View Step 1: Choose a topic from the Opposing Viewpoints website accessed in the CWE. You can access the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database by going to the University Library, selecting Specialized Resources, and then clicking on Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Here is a screencast showing you around Opposing Viewpoints. Check it out: http://www.screencast.com/t/3i59wFMJ5Oi Choose a topic that can be argued. This is called a persuasive topic. (For example: An old house is much better than a new house because of 1, 2, 3 and 4… With this topic you have chosen a side to argue – an old house is better! ) Opposing Viewpoints has many persuasive topics to choose from. Choose something you would like to know more about – it will make this assignment more interesting! (Note: I do not accept any topics on religion or abortion.) Step 2: Paragraph #1 (at least 100 words): Without reading any literature on your chosen topic, answer these questions: Summarize the issue Give your opinion on the issue/topic Step #3: Paragraphs #2-5 Locate two articles on your chosen topic, one for and one against the topic chosen (for example – they must be about opposing views on your topic.) and discuss the following, in at least 100 words per article (one-two paragraphs per article): Is the information contained in the articles reliable? Are the...
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...Myles Young Prof. Rosenbaum English 1310.283 12 April 2014 Abortion Cartoon In the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama versus John McCain, Democratic candidate Obama supported partial-birth abortions while Republican candidate McCain was very much against them. This controversial subject has inspired various political cartoons, articles, and debates between people with opposing views. In 2008, David Donar created a political cartoon that features two people making comments on abortion that accurately describe Obama and McCain’s political views. In the 2008 election, Obama and McCain supported the general views of their political parties; these contrasting opinions are represented in Donar’s political cartoon on the topic of abortion. In the cartoon, a man has a McCain t-shirt on while a woman has an Obama t-shirt on; the man states, “I’m pro life” while the woman states “I’m pro quality of life.” McCain opposed any abortion that did not result from a serious issue such as rape, incest, or pregnancy problems for the mother or child. He was against funding for education to youths on pregnancy and contraceptives, which are aimed at reducing the amount of abortions within the teenage population. Obama supported the right to an abortion, giving women the opportunity to abort their pregnancy based on their individual circumstances. His decision would allow for women to have an abortion for any reason, especially if they could not support their baby properly...
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...Robin Cypress CWV 101 April 26, 2015 Professor Bob Greene Abortion – From A Christian’s Perspective The ability to bring a life into the world after having carried and nurtured it in your womb for a woman is considered a gift and blessing to most, however there are times when the decision to bring a life into the world is clouded by another issue such as rape or fetal abnormalities at which point it becomes an ethical dilemma as to whether to bring that life into the world or to end the pregnancy and the life of the child. This paper will address the ethical dilemma, core beliefs, resolution, evaluation and comparison from the Christian perspective that should be considered during this process. Living life is a gift that God has given each of us and regardless of the circumstances to how we came here or what will be faced along our journey, until God decides to end it, He is the only one who should be capable of making that choice. Ethical Dilemma From the moment that a pregnancy is confirmed, feeling of the first movements, hearing the heartbeat, seeing them waving from the sonogram, to the actual birth, bringing a child into the world for many is an exceptional experience. It is not until you are faced with the possibility that something is wrong with the child such as a lifelong medical condition that you face a difficult decision as to whether to keep the child or terminate the pregnancy. For some the decision is an easy one because they feel within...
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...Culture Attitude towards Abortion Shekemia Figueroa November 6, 2009 Developmental Psychology PSYC 331 Fall Semester 2009 Attitudes toward Abortion in different cultures Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in today society. Abortion is the termination of unwanted pregnancy by destruction of the fetus. It is one of the oldest methods of fertility control and one of the most widely used. It has been and is practiced in all regions of the world. In preliterate societies a woman whose pregnancy is unacceptable to the community, a woman who has broken its rule about appropriate sexual partners or the number of children, a pregnant widow, an unmarried girl or a girl too young, a woman who has had sexual intercourse with outsider or whose pregnancy is the result of an adulterous relationship is expected to have an abortion (Simon, 1). Abortion rights advocates argue that since the fetus develops inside of the woman’s body and since the outcome of the pregnancy will profoundly affect the woman’s life; abortion must remain a woman’s choice in some cultures (Cozic p. 52). In other cultures they believe that abortion should not be a woman’s personnel choice. People have different opinions on whether or not a fetus is consider a human being. Some culture attitudes toward abortion are different than others and they expect the decision to be made by their views on abortion. In 1992 the overall (national) abortion rate was 26 per 1,000 women ( Francome, p. 22). African...
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...Working Women: On top, and the bottom Traditional gender roles have long dictated that men were to be counted on as the main provider (instrumental role) in their families, while women’s roles were to support their families, raise the children, and fulfill domestic duties within the home (expressive role). However, this is no longer the case; in fact the percentage of American women that hold a paid job outside the home have doubled since the 1950’s. There is approximately 72 million women who hold jobs or are looking for jobs, accounting for 58.6 percent of the American workforce, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010). In the evolution of gender roles, women account for more than half of the labor force, earn a majority of their families' income, and still contribute more around the home than their husbands. For families with children, a new economic reality is further influencing an already-growing trend, which is women asserting the role as primary breadwinners while husbands adopt the role of primary caregivers. "Some 140,000 married men acted as their family's primary caregivers last year [2008], up from 98,000 in 2003." (Gomstyn, 2012). As previously stated, women account for more than half of the American workforce, and “the last time that the economic climate moved such large numbers of women into primary breadwinner roles was the Great Depression” (Coontz, 2010). Nevertheless, even with such dramatic changes in the labor force, women on average make about...
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...Barbara Miller's article (2001) on female-selective abortion (FSA) may be more than 11 years old (not that long ago, but imagine all the other social and medical changes that have occurred since 2001), but FSA is still a hot-button topic. Page 1090 in Miller (2002) (in your assigned readings) begins addressing the divergent views on FSA. Reflect on your ability to discuss a view point opposing to your own. Then, consider Miller (2001) and select a view expressed in the article with which you disagree. Respectfully, write a reflection on that view in her article with which you disagree. This reflection is not asking you to accept someone else’s viewpoint as your own, but to appropriately discuss it*. FSA Represents Free Choice. I disagree with western feminists, ethicists each having their own interpretation of “choice” about abortion and FSA in particular. Any kind of abortion should be morally wrong and not just abortion on gender grounds. In both Asian and African countries, sons have been preferred over daughters. Because of this I think that most women especially uneducated and those pushed around by their husbands or in-laws might be pushed into having an abortion if they are having a girl. It is hard to day or do something unless you walk in the other’s own shoes. How do you push a woman to have an abortion? Yes iam sure one can be persuaded but some do keep their girl fetus and do not abort them. “Pure reproductive freedom is the complete absence of constraints...
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...Classical Argument Incorporates the five parts of a discourse that ancient teachers of rhetoric believed were necessary for persuasion, especially when the audience included a mixture of reactions from favorable to hostile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ beginning in an interesting way providing background or context that was relevant to their specific audience stating their claims and evidence clearly and emphatically taking account of opposing viewpoints and anticipating objections ------------------------------------------------- and concluding in a satisfying and effective way. The introduction has four jobs to do: It must attract the interest of a specific audience and focus it on the subject of the argument. It must provide enough background information to make sure that the audience is aware of both the general problem as well as the specific issue or issues the writer is addressing (for instance, not just the problem of pollution but the specific problem of groundwater pollution in Columbia, SC). It must clearly signal the writer’s specific position on the issue and/or the direction of her/his argument. Usually a classical argument has a written thesis statement early in the paper—usually in the first paragraph or two. It must establish the writer’s role or any special relationship the writer may have to the subject or the audience (for instance, you’re...
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...Abortions Abortions are one of the many things that everyone has an opinion on. As defined by the 2012 Merriam-Webster dictionary, an Encyclopedia Britannica Company, an abortion is, “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus as a spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation--miscarriage, the induced expulsion of a human fetus, or the expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy.” Abortions have always been and will probably always be a controversial topic in which everyone will not agree upon. In the midst of the controversy, two groups have emerged. These groups are referred to as pro-life and pro-choice. According to Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context, pro-life supporters claim that life begins at conception, therefore, abortion at any stage in the pregnancy is murder. They believe that life is valuable and the life of the unborn baby has the same rights as the mother. Pro-choice supporters, on the other hand, claim that it is the woman’s right to choose what she does with her body. These pro-abortionists claim that anti-abortionists are truly against the rights of women and free choice rather than the termination of the fetus. Pro-life and pro-choice advocates differ in many of their opinions, specifically, concerning when life begins, affects abortions have on...
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