What causes high blood pressure during pregnancy? causes Icon According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), there are several possible causes of high blood pressure during pregnancy. These included: being overweight or obese failing to remain active smoking To drink alcohol first time to pregnancy a family history of kidney disease, preeclampsia, chronic hypertension or carrying more than one child age (over 40) assistive technology (such as IVF) unhealthy lifestyle choices
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Poverty Bureau Census http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2012/tables.html Maternity leave http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/11/AR2010061103251.html Obama Childcare http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/02/will_obama_help_you_get_decent_child_care.html Family and childbearing in poverty http://gatton.uky.edu/Faculty/Ziliak/Cancian_Reed_2008_final.pdf Birth rate decreases http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/11/29/u-s-birth-rate-
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Against Pro-Choice A baby’s heart starts to form in the 5th week and it’s legal to have an abortion twelve weeks of being pregnant. The thought of abortion is sickening. Pro-choice tells women that it’s ok to have an abortion because you accidentally got pregnant. Abortion clinics don’t hold women accountable when they accidentally get pregnant. One example is a women coming into the clinic to have an abortion because she accidentally got pregnant and already has three children at home that she can
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Abortions and Forced Abortions in China Many people were forced to have abortions in China due to their government trying to maintain the growth of their population. This policy prohibits some families from having more than one child, if the first child is a girl you may have a second child. Although, “forced abortions are considered an acceptable way of enforcing China’s population limits, but are banned when the woman is more than five months pregnant.” (Tang. 2014) China’s government
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cannot consider, either because it is illegal or not available in many countries is abortion. Legalizing abortion without the consent of a legal guardian in these situations, either due to rape or incest, should be an option. Considering this, there are statistics around the world which can prove the need of abortion and why we should make it possible, aside from the advantages, mentally and physically, abortion can provide for a woman. On the other hand, opposing ideas such as: Pro- Life, as well
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By definition, "abortion" refers to any premature expulsion of a human fetus, whether naturally spontaneous, as in a miscarriage, or artificially induced, as in a surgical or chemical abortion. Abortion has been a controversial issue dating back long before the United States Supreme Court’s 7-1 decision on the case of Roe versus Wade. As a result of the case, it was decided that the procedure was a fundamental right. Since then abortion has continued to be a subject that draws fluctuating heated
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Abortion has been a topic of great controversy for nearly forty one years now. In 1971 a single, pregnant female sued the state of Texas because the law stated that an abortion could not be performed unless it was medically necessary to save the mother’s life. Her doctor was also a plaintiff in the case because he was facing two counts of murder for performing an abortion on a mother that was not medically necessary. A couple who could not have children and believed taking an unborn child’s life
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INTRODUCTION I once received a text from a friend that says, “You're young, you should be feeling butterflies in your stomach and not a kicking baby”. It's a sad fact that a lot of teenagers are experiencing Teenage Pregnancy. Teeange Pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that pregnancy ends regardless of whether the woman is married or is legally an adult (age 14 to 21, depending on the country). In everyday speech, the speaker is usually referring
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D’Andrea Coulter Traina Government 2305 09/10/10 Liberalism “If by a “liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without ridged reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “liberal” then
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concerning your stance on the issue of abortion and how this may impact women’s lives statewide if you become Governor in 2014. Your efforts to support pro-choice activists were reflected on June 25, 2013 when you filibustered to block Texas Senate Bill 5 from passing. This bill was undertaking the challenge of banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, requiring hospital-style medical care, and demanding better healthcare for women wanting an abortion. Nonetheless against all odds, you stood
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