...Florida Right to Life, is an organization that is not affiliated with any political parties and as well as not for profit. The purpose of this group is to spread their message against abortion in order to help protect the innocent life of the fetus. This organization started in Florida in the early 70’s by Dr. John Grady. Starting from a little group, Dr. John Grady now has an organization that is at the national level. Florida Right to Life has its own board and within that board there is one Rep. from each of those 50 states. Talking about real growth, huh? Recently they had a real success! No, they didn’t have any say so in the matter but anything that helps the cause is a win for this organization. In 2011 they supported “Amendment #6 on the 2012 Ballet. This proposed an amendment to the Florida State Constitution that would stop the use of public “money” for abortions. In the anti-abortion communities Florida Right to Life would be known as “Pro-Life” and Obama’s new Health care bill would be envisioned as “Pro-Death”. The simple fact that Obama Care is going to aid in abortions has made this organization turn the other cheek. So to answer the question on whether or not Florida Right to Life would support Obama Care (or even Obama for that matter), the answer would be no. The evidence is truly inevitable and there is no way to misconstrue their position as a Pro-Life...
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...The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) states that their mission is “to protect and defend the most fundamental right to humankind, the right to life of every innocent human being from the beginning of life to natural death”. The NRLC is a nonprofit, political action committee (PAC) that lobbies to end federal funded abortion, end infanticide, end euthanasia, end assisted suicide, and to end the killing of unborn children for their stem cells. They promote this agenda by using education, political action and legislation. They provide education materials, research, information and leadership training and sponsor legislation that protect human life and support public, federal and state, officials. During the mid 1960’s, a group of Catholic journalists got together and decided that they should take an active role in abortion reform. The National Conference for Catholic Bishops selected James T. McHugh to lead the NRLC in 1967. The NRLC was finally created in 1968, is a national organization and is the largest and oldest grassroots pro-life...
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... The National Right to Life Committee The topic I have chosen to inform you about is a pro-life organization, more specifically it is The National Right to Life. “Protecting Life in America Since 1968.” [i] It is the oldest and grandest base of all pro-life organizations. Founded in the summer of 1968, the main goal has always been to prevent abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia. The goal is accomplished through legislation and through providing education to the people who may be lacking knowledge of all that previously mentioned. What is abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia? An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the 'fetus' or unborn being can fully survive on its own being outside of its mother.[ii] It is commonly induced and therefore can no longer be called a miscarriage. In 1959, abortions were made legal so long as the reasons for it fell within regulations. Abortions are considered legal if done for the sake of the mother's mental or physical state/health, pregnancy has resulted due to rape or incest, and if there is a risk of fetal deformities. Infanticide[iii] is the purposeful death of a young child. More than usually the death is caused under the age of one year. This practice was very common in the past and although now it may be considered an immoral crime, it can still be seen in various cultures. Assisted suicide[iv] is classified as the voluntary termination of one's own life but it is an assisted...
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...endured, thrived and seized much of our anthropological destiny. The legend of the land bespokes incursions by the vedic Aryans, theSakas (huns), the marauding proselytizers of the Persian Caliphate and the like, all of whom characteristically came to these bountiful lands and transfixed by its magnanimity they decided the stay, rule and most pertinently build a life, in a home and away from home; conjuring, tales of the golden age of Guptas,down the ages, to the magnificence of Imperial Mughal Courts. The tides of change would subject this indomitable motley crew of civilization with history’s most...
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...lobbying the members of legislative bodies through contribution to political parties, working to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns. At this juncture, My emphasis is on The Anti-Abortion Right Group in My State of Maryland,which is of particular interest to me. Because my Delegate is a Republican. In the late 1960s, a number of organizations were formed to mobilize opinion against the legalization of abortion. In the United States, the National Right to Life Committee was formed in 1968, while in Australia, the National Right to Life formed in 1970. The United States pro-life movement (also known as the United States anti-abortion movement or the United States right-to-life movement) as a social and political movement in the united state opposing on moral or sectarian grounds elective Abortion and usually supporting its legal prohibition or restriction. Advocates generally argue that human life begins at conception and that the human fetus (and in most cases the human embryo) is a and therefore has a right to life. The pro-life movement includes a variety of organizations, with no single centralized decision-making body. The description "pro-life" was adopted by the right-to-life (anti-abortion) movement in the United States following the...
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...presentation about what people’s opinions are without the intelligence that you should have when you are bill boarding those thoughts. Reading A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson is an article that covers these topics from the most common arguments to her personal thought experiments and it a has a refreshing way of discussing the arguments. I also find that every time I read the article I change my mind about what her feelings about the subject truly are. The most common and the first argument that Thomson discusses is that people believe that the fetus is a human being from the time of conception. Thomson argues this point by saying we are told to think of the development of fetus to birth and through childhood as a continuous life and then we are told to pick a point and draw and line showing "before this point the thing is not a person, after this point it is a person", which in my opinion and I believe Thomson’s as well is just showing the fetus and even the infant is not a person and makes the argument invalid. Then she also goes on to explore the idea that just because an acorn becomes an oak tree it doesn’t mean an acorn is an oak tree, or should just say this is true since we say a fetus is a person? If we are going to say that a fetus is a person and we are going to decide when it is certain that this has become true that it is a person then it should not be when the child has reached childhood but when it is before birth. This can be pinned down further by...
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...Abortion: It’s Wrong Imagine not having any say in whether or not you want to have a life. How would you feel if someone took away your right to live? That’s the question women should ask themselves when they decide to have an abortion. Babies don’t have that choice or any other say in whether they want to live or not. To me, abortion is a selfish act. Children are the future and their ability to make a difference in the world is taken away when they are aborted. Adoption is an alternative for abortion. Instead of killing the baby, give it to a family who can’t have children. Abortions can also have long time effects on the mother. Last but not least, abortions are murder. When the thought of abortion occurs, women should consider adoption. Adoption is the best alternative other than abortion when a woman does not want her child. 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 are waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill”. Putting a child up for adoption will give them a better chance at a happier life rather than abortion. Adoption also gives the opportunity to families who would love to raise a child as their own. Not to mention, adoption is the best solution and safer for the mother. Abortions can harm the mother and have long term effects on her body and...
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...Point and Counterpoint: Abortion and Alternatives - Article 13, for Sunday, July 2, 2006 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - A SEQUEL THE GOOD: · Louisiana Senate Committee backs a bill requiring that women planning an abortion be told of a baby's pain during abortion. · The AMA votes to promote Living Wills after the Schiavo exkperience. · Pro-Life organizations petition U.S. Bishops to become more assertive regarding pro-abortion "Catholic" politicians and their continued access to Holy Communion. · The Vatican this week applauded the actions of doctors who kept a brain-dead pregnant woman in Italy alive until the baby was delivered. · A Federal Appeals Court has supported the right of Pro-Life groups to join an abortion "conscience clause" case regarding medical personnel. · A new book published in Italy provides more evidence that RU 486 is unsafe for women. · In Missouri, Pro-Life advocates have filed suit over the State's denial of use of "Choose Life" auto license plates. This issue is also alive in Connecticut, currently in the hands of Attorney General. THE BAD: · Planned Parenthood has announced that it will use its political power for the benefit of Pro-Abortion candidates. This group performs the gretest number of abortions in the U.S., and has sold over one million "morning after pills". There is a message here for all of us who send charitable contributions either to PP or to organizations that support PP. · There are too many examples of State governmental...
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...FORMALIZING THE INFORMAL STREET VENDING Street Vending has been an issue as illegal encroachments take up a lot of public land and create issues of traffic congestion, unhygienic conditions, aesthetic devaluation, etc. The legislation for regulating street vending has been under scanner for long. The most recent legislation, The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 aims to address the issue in a comprehensive manner. Earlier, street vending has been under municipal bodies regulated by their own laws under state legislature. Few cities like Bhubaneswar had managed to have ‘vending zones’ and regularization measures before this law came in. But it is a problem in most urban areas as of now. The new legislation provides for a ‘Town Vending Committee’ under the municipality with other representatives as members. They are to take up the responsibility of preparing street vending plans and schemes along with issuing certificates to vendors and managing them. Railway premises are exempt from this act. The legislation suggests for preparation of plans and schemes, though in no way it actually comes up with norms for street vending. It is to be prepared by town vending committee every five years along with town planning department. The legislation is a tool to control the unaccounted activities of informal sector in street vending. But there has been agitations regarding removal of such street vendors ‘non complying’ to the plans and schemes...
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...connеctions with thе baby’s fathеr. Еvеntually, Ms.Faulknеr dеcidеd to kееp thе baby and raisеd hеr to bеcomе a succеssful pеrson. What shе chosе is complеtеly right, and I totally agrее with what shе did. Furthеrmorе, I think shе was a vеry rеsponsiblе pеrson. During thе latе 1960s, thе numbеr of illеgal abortions performеd annually in thе Unitеd Statеs was еstimatеd to bе from 200,000 to 1.2 million. In 1965, an еstimatеd 200 womеn diеd from crudеly administеrеd, illеgal abortions. Еvеn aftеr abortion was lеgalizеd, it was still an еxtrеmеly controvеrsial subjеct with two vеry distinct sidеs. Thе topic is so controvеrsial that somе pеoplе еvеn rеsort to violеnt mеasurеs as a mеans of protеst. Most notably arе thе acts from thе pro-lifе sidе. Sincе 1977 ,thеrе havе bееn morе than 6,000 clinic blockadеs and invasions. Also, thousands of acts of violеncе havе bееn committеd against abortion providеrs.There has also been morе than two hundrеd attеmptеd or complеtеd arsons and firе bombings at abortion rеlatеd facilitiеs, and hundrеds of dеath thrеats. Thе two sidеs, pro-choicе and pro-lifе, both havе vеry passionatе viеws about thе abortion topic. Pro-lifе bеliеvеs, no mattеr what, that thе fеtus is a pеrson and that to havе an abortion would always murdеr. Pro-choicе bеliеvеs thе right to choosе an abortion is a guarantееd right of thе Amеrican womеn. (Alward, 2002)...
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...Standard Chartered China becomes first international bank to launch Alipay’s Express Payment service Providing even more customer convenience with new express payment service 15 February 2012, Shanghai, China - Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd and Alipay today jointly announced the launch of the new Standard Chartered - Alipay Express Payment service. The launch of this new service innovation is a reflection of Standard Chartered China‘s commitment to customer service excellence and a first for international banks in China to provide a service which enables debit card holders to safely and conveniently pay off their online purchases, anywhere, anytime. Standard Chartered China debit card holders can now join 40 million other users of the Alipay Express Payment service to make secure and convenient purchases with as many as 460,000 online merchants worldwide that offer Alipay as a payment option, including Taobao.com and TMall.com. To use the Express Payment service, users do not need to register for online banking but must provide their debit card number, mobile phone verification code and other related information. Once approved, users need only their Alipay password and mobile verification code to complete transactions. Standard Chartered China and Alipay have implemented a rigorous security system to provide consumers with ease-of-use and account protection. The state- of-the-art security system reduces the risks caused by Trojan horses and phishing links...
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...Life, Death, and Property Rights is a real but extremely sad truth. In this article the readers are shown how HIV started and how it then develops to AIDS. In the beginning of the Article we see that when HIV started it was incurable and there was absolutely nothing that could be done about it. People who had tested positive for HIV where not likely to live longer then ten years. In Africa alone, one in three people between the ages of 15-25 had been tested positive with HIV. As the article goes on we see that HIV had spread the world within years and was now becoming a growing problem in the United States mostly with homosexual men in New York and San Francisco. By the year 2000, 25 million people had been infected with HIV in Africa alone. The fear of HIV was mounting as millions of people had died from the disease and what it carries. AIDS was not the killer itself, AIDS would attack the healthy cells therefore the body would not have any immune system when it caught an illness. People were extremely scared of what they where carrying and were outrageous at the high prices that were needed to pay for their treatments. The protests targeted Pharmaceutical companies and demanded that they either gave their medication out for free or completely abandon their patent rights allowing other companies to create similar or improved versions of the medication therefore making it more available and also cheaper. Pharmaceutical companies “laughed” at these demands and claimed that for...
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...The Declaration of Independence promised each American the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” as our colonies branched away from the king. Our founding fathers disliked the King, given he was an alleged tyrant for corrupting the American colonial government to suit his own country’s needs. When our colonies were no longer a parliament, we struggled to find a well-formed government. One thing was guaranteed: The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Years later in the Constitution, the first ten amendments became the American people’s Bill of Rights, fully granting us life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness under the code of law. Amendment five directly addresses the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit...
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...Imagine having all your natural rights, life, liberty, and property, taken away. How would you feel? Probably the same way it made the colonists feel. The colonist felt that they were being treated unfairly. They wanted independence. So, they signed the Declaration of Independence. The colonists felt the king of England was taking away their natural rights. They were being taxed without representation “No taxation without representation”. Their rights of life were being taken away. In the Boston Massacre, the redcoats shot and killed the ‘innocent” colonists. The colonists needed to come together to defeat the common enemy. So, they created the committees of correspondence. This way, they could, as a whole not 13 different colonies, become...
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...Fighting for Their Rights Throughout The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, characters are constantly standing up for what they believe in. Rosaleen stands up for her civil rights, Lily stands up for freedom from her dad, the Boatwrights and the Daughters of Mary stood up for the equality of women and African Americans. When Rosaleen heard of the signing of the civil rights act, she immediately went to register to vote, and when Lily was acting like she was stupid, she stood up for herself. When Lily’s dad was abusing her and not allowing her to do with her life what she wanted, Lily ran away from home in an attempt to find her own way through life. As African American women, society put the Boatwrights at a lower level than men and white people, and so they create their own organization in which they are special. Throughout the novel, Rosaleen Daise, Lily Owens, and the Boatwrights all stand up for what they believe in, signifying that people can only get past the expectations of society by fighting for what they think is right. In standing up for her beliefs of civil equality, Rosaleen moves past the set place that society has placed her in. Upon the signing of the Civil rights act, Rosaleen spends hours practicing her signature so that she will be able to register to vote without being rejected. When Rosaleen was on her way to vote and she was questioned by racist white men, she retaliated by pouring her snuff juice on their feet. After the white men beat her and...
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