...child for some people. That is when they sit down and think thoroughly through all their options before the little miracle arrives. First we will feed the information to why we should support adoption as an alternate to abortion. Then we will change the arguments and toss them out. Finally, we will take care of the solutions for the happier life. Let’s start by feeding some important information as to why we should support adoption opposed to abortion. By keeping the baby, women have to take on the responsibility of raising it, caring for it, and loving the child. Whether that is with their significant other or by them self, it still has...
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...demolished. I believe abortion is wrong when committing it for a selfish reason. One reason why abortion is wrong is because there are many other safer solutions. In the article, Why Do More People Choose Abortion Over Adoption?, Kristi Burton Brown stated: “In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill. Dr. Brad Imler, President of America’s Pregnancy Helpline, confirms the challenge of waiting couples by stating: Only 1% of the Helpline’s annual 40,000 clients inquires about adoption.” Putting him/her up for adoption will give them a better chance at a happier life rather than abortion. The solution for a baby should not be death. If it was for a selfish solution, you're sacrificing a life many other families would love to raise as their own. Another reason why I don't support abortion is because it can harm the mother as well. You are highly risking the mother's life and affecting her. Not only does it have an effect on the USA but, it affects other countries as well like Spain. According to psychiatrist and member of the Right to Life Committee, Carmen Gómez-Lavín states that: "Sixty five percent of women who abort suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome after undergoing the procedure." Many women are regretting that choice around the world making it a controversial issue. Abortion can also result into...
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...Abortion: Why it's Wrong How would you feel if someone took away your ability to live? Imagine not having any say in whether or not you want to have a life. Well babies don't have a choice in their mother’s womb. If a woman decides to abort her baby, they can't do anything about their life being taken away from them. Their whole future is demolished. I believe abortion is wrong when committing it for a selfish reason. One reason why abortion is wrong is because there are many other safer solutions. In the article, Why Do More People Choose Abortion Over Adoption?, Kristi Burton Brown stated: “In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill. Dr. Brad Imler, President of America’s Pregnancy Helpline, confirms the challenge of waiting couples by stating: Only 1% of the Helpline’s annual 40,000 clients inquires about adoption.” Putting him/her up for adoption will give them a better chance at a happier life rather than abortion. The solution for a baby should not be death. If it was for a selfish solution, you're sacrificing a life many other families would love to raise as their own. Another reason why I don't support abortion is because it can harm the mother as well. You are highly risking the mother's life and affecting her. Not only does it have an effect on the USA but, it affects other countries as well like...
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...In America, during the early to mid nineteenth century, many states began drafting abortions laws that made it illegal to consume harmful poisons that would stimulate an abortion and ultimately outlawed abortion by the turn of the twentieth century unless a practitioner strongly recommended the procedure (Jost). As one can probably guess, the outlaw of abortion did not stop woman for having obtaining one. Instead, woman began to either persuade a doctor to claim that they had a medical reason for the pregnancy to be terminated or went to a back alley to have an illegal and unsafe abortion performed by somebody that was not even certified to perform the procedure. By the middle of the twentieth century, the number of annual illegal abortions performed in the United States was estimated to be around one point two million; while the number of deaths from botched abortions caused many individuals and groups to begin protesting the established abortion laws that would draw national attention to the problem at hand. The first major decision that sparked a rapid debate not only within the three branches of government but the nation’s general public, was Colorado’s alterations to their abortion laws in nineteen sixty-seven that allowed a women more exceptions to have an abortion such as scenarios of rape or incest. These small alterations to their state laws caused a chain reaction and other states began to follow Colorado’s example by nineteen seventies. While the alterations in itself...
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...| Abortion: A woman’s right | | | | | | Abortion: A woman’s right What are the consequences when a child is unwanted? Is abortion a crime, when it can prevent many lives from being destroyed? What happens when abortion is banned and who should really have the power to decide about the lives of others? That all people have free will and equal rights are something we’ve been told since elementary school. But when a woman becomes pregnant, is it fair that because of the fact that she’s pregnant she should lose the right to control her own body? No one besides her should decide that she must carry a child for nine months, she may not have the will or the maturity required to take care of a child. Having children is a huge milestone in life and requires careful thought and much preparation. And to push two young people together in such a big thing is inhuman. The right to abortion is what every woman should have. According to WHO, about 46 million abortions takes place worldwide every year. 19 million of these are illegal (4). This is a result of conservative and fundamentalist government’s refusal to allow women to decide over their own bodies and that it isn’t offered legal abortions under medically safe conditions. Illegal abortions often involve uncertainty, and that sometimes means putting a woman's life and health at risk. Many of the illegal abortions are performed by unskilled people under often unhygienic conditions, which in some cases are...
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...Introduction: Abortion should be supported because there are many variables that factor into the mother’s decision. Outsiders often look at the black and white in the situation; they do not know what that person is going through and have no right to dictate the mother’s life. At times, it is better to have an abortion instead of having the child born into a miserable life. Don’t Support: The are numerous amounts of reasons people disagree with abortion. Most anti-abortion activists oppose it mainly due to religion. Believers think that it is “a sin that perpetuates evil” ( , ). http://www.tfpstudentaction.org/politically-incorrect/abortion/10-reasons-why-abortion-is-evil.html They talk about the Bible and how God doesn’t support the decision...
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...ABORTION: It should be a choice Imagine a teenage girl who has made one of the biggest mistakes in her life, getting pregnant. Her family is not stable enough to afford a baby and she cannot afford one herself, but yet cannot abort the baby because it is against the law. The teenage girl has now given birth to a baby boy. With no help from her family she ends up on living on the street with her baby crying every night of hunger. She struggles for the rest of the child’s childhood and vows to never have a baby again. Now let’s imagine a teenage girl who has made the same mistake but instead was able to get an abortion. With this being one of the most emotion and horrifying events she has experienced yet, she also made a vow; but this teenager’s vow was to always be protected. Many teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave school; receive poor prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced from their child’s father. In the Supreme Court case of Roe vs. Wade (1973) women of the United States “have been granted the right to have abortions” it is a strong belief of many people it is a woman’s right to be able to abort an unwanted pregnancy, and no man, organization, or any form of government should take that right away from her. The right to have an abortion is a woman’s right not to have a conceived child. According to the Encyclopedia, an abortion is the loss of a fetus...
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...1) Explain Natural Law Theory. Natural Law refers to the laws of nature; it is also the basis of all science, observing what happened in nature, it is also a law that stretches across all cultures and ways of life. It is based on the religious idea of a God who creates everything with a purpose and end in the mind. Natural Law ethics is part of natural theology that tells us how God wants us to live here and now. To live according to natural law is to live by Gods intentions ethical direction can be found in what is common to all humans. If we follow these common dispositions then we act as God intended= we act in a good way. If we investigate carefully and reason correctly our search will lead to God. This is the basic of natural Theology. Natural law becomes more specific when we move towards secondary principles such as the 10 commandments (secondary law). They are always valid but we should not act upon them. Natural law is split up into 4 channels which are: Eternal Law- Is the mind of God which humans cannot know. Contained within it are the laws which govern the creation of the universe and cannot control the life cycle of everything in existence. Although humans cannot fully know the Eternal law, they can occasionally glimpse reflection of it, for example, through scientific knowledge of aspects of natural law. This shows that God is the starting point, his idea, his rules. He reveals himself threw divine law. God is also thinking about creating a world. We will...
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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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...aren’t we? Every human’s life is worth the same, and worth saving.” Abortion is the purposeful killing of a fetus during a pregnancy. Most women have this done before the first twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy. There are many different types of abortion that will take place during different parts of the pregnancy. Many of the types are surgical and the other main type is a drug (RU-486) that is taken to stop the pregnancy. The average price of an abortion in the United States can be anywhere from $300 to $2,000. Abortion shouldn't be allowed throughout the United States. It can be harmful to women, every person has the same rights and deserves to live, and many people in society think that abortion is...
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...The Dangers of Abortion: When you have an abortion, you putting your own health at risk. Even though the abortion clinics have to meet Life Safety Code standards for the protection of their patients like they would be in a normal hospital, many complications arise after the women leave. Immediate complications can range from painful cramping or nausea, to infertility from infection, or even death caused by excessive bleeding. One of the most prominent complications is the increased risk of having cancer. Studies have shown that the risk of cervical cancer is 2.3% higher for women who have had an abortion than those who have not. Women who have had more than one abortion have a nearly 5% higher chance of getting ovarian and liver cancer as well, due to the disruption of the change in hormones that comes with pregnancy, and cervical damage that went untreated. Another risk is damage to the uterus, such as uterine perforations and cervical lacerations. Should a woman want to have children later on, they would encounter many issues such as miscarriages, premature deliveries, and abnormal development of the placenta causing the baby to be born with various handicaps. Around 5% of patients who have had an abortion in their first trimester end up having Pelvic Inflammatory Disease within four weeks. This disease, while not always life threatening, can lead to ectopic pregnancies or infertility. Endometriosis is a risk for all women who have had an abortion, but teenage girls are...
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...ABORTION Michelle Loaiza 3/23/15 Dr. Willens (ENG 1002) South University Why allow abortion to take place when there's no positive outcome? Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the embryo or fetus can live independently. It is one of the most common medical procedures that women of ages 15-44 in the United States do. Women all over the world are having abortions now a days on a daily basis. These women believe there are many reasons to do so. Such as, fear of having or raising a child. Regardless of the situation every child has the right to live. One reason why abortion is wrong is when women become pregnant, they should accept the responsibility that comes with producing a child. Therefore, the answer is not to get rid of the life that is to form into a newborn. Caring for the child is the right choice to be made. Why is keeping the child the correct answer you may ask? It's quite simple it's the right thing to do. Even if at the moment the soon to be mother believes it's not. That's the problem right there. She's thinking of herself instead of the bigger picture. In this case, it's the child. Just because the child has not yet a voice, how does that make it right to believe that it doesn't deserve the right to live? Exactly, this soon to be child does deserve the right to be born. Even if you think it’s right to abort a child just because it’s interfering with the mother’s responsibilities that doesn’t mean it gives them the right to abort a child...
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...Abortion should be Legal According to World Health Organization (WHO) unsafe abortion is defined as “A procedure for terminating unwanted pregnancy either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards or both.” Each year approximately 1.3 million women decide to terminate their pregnancy in U.S.A according to a study published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. But why do women choose to end their pregnancies? Does legalizing of abortion in certain countries increase the number of abortions? The answer is no. Legalizing of abortion doesn’t have significant effect in the number. However, it has tremendous effect in decreasing the mortality rate of mothers and reducing health complications due to unsafe abortion. First, legalizing abortion decreases the mortality rate of mothers. There might be different reasons why women are forced to take the decision. Nevertheless, they made the decision because they couldn’t get alternative. Had there been an alternative to their decision for abortion, they wouldn’t carryout unsafe abortion in the countries where abortion is illegal. Worldwide 46 million abortions occur, and 20 million takes place in a country where abortion is illegal. (Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion Worldwide, 2003, Alan Guttmacher Institute). According to W.H.O the leading cause of maternal mortality in countries where abortion is illegal is unsafe abortion. A person who really...
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...Illegalization of Abortion Everyone has an opinion on this issue. It’s something that is a very hot topic in our society and that is often debated, and that is abortion. There are many different opinions on this topic you may think it’s wrong due to your religion, or it is just morally wrong, whether you think that it’s none of your business, and only a womans. There is something you should ask yourself what would happen if it were to become illegal? Many people would be very happy and have been striving for this but changing this would affect our society in many ways. The legalization of abortions would not stop the pregnancies of many young women so there would be a dramatic increase in teenage pregnancies. “About one third of teenagers...
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...SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. I do not support abortions but it is a woman’s right to choose what she does to her body. The choice of whether or not to abort her unborn child is mainly her decision, same as if she decide to give birth to her child there is nothing anyone else can say to make her think other wise. Each year nearly 1.2 million American women have an abortion to end a pregnancy. The most common reasons women consider abortion are: Birth control (contraceptive) failure, unable to support or take care of a child, to end an unwanted pregnancy, to prevent the birth of a child with birth defects or severe medical problems, pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, and physical or mental conditions that endanger the woman’s health if the pregnancy is continued. In the United States 9 out of 10 abortions are performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Very few abortions are done after 16 weeks of pregnancy, this is likely to happen if the woman have trouble with paying for it, and finding or traveling to abortion specialist. Abortion became legal in the United States because during the 1960's and early 1970's, the United States began to repeal their bans on abortion. In Roe v. Wade (1973), the United States Supreme Court stated that abortion bans were unconstitutional in every state, making it legal to have...
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