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- 191: Euthanasia
- ... model of how to establish the right to die by bringing the practice out in the open, where the medical and legal system can oversee it. (O'Keefe, A1+)" This issue is compared to how abortion was before it was legalized. "The main reason for legalization of abortion was because it was being done anyway. People HAD access to abortion, it was just being done terribly. We're in exactly the same situation today: People do have access to assisted suicide--it's just being done so badly. (Shavelson, 39)" Just because something is ...
- 192: Euthanasia
- ... model of how to establish the right to die by bringing the practice out in the open, where the medical and legal system can oversee it. (O'Keefe, A1+)" This issue is compared to how abortion was before it was legalized. "The main reason for legalization of abortion was because it was being done anyway. People HAD access to abortion, it was just being done terribly. We're in exactly the same situation today: People do have access to assisted suicide--it's just being done so badly. (Shavelson, 39)" Just because something is ...
- 193: Cultural Relativism
- ... that culture; therefore there is no universal truth about morality and morality is relative to culture. It also encourages tolerance towards apparently diverse cultures and thus different moral views. For example, to a certain culture abortion may be morally acceptable, cultural relativists would say that abortion is morally right for that culture. Whereas if another culture finds abortion to be wrong, then it is morally right that abortion be banned, for that culture. Cultural relativism allows for diversity and differences between cultures, which in turn supports peace between cultures. Cultural relativism is ...
- 194: Teenage Sex
- ... 1997). Teenage parents or just plain teenagers find it difficult to work for minimum wage, and even more difficult to find an employer who will hire them. Some teenagers feel the need to turn to abortion as a way of solving their problems. I personally feel that abortion should not be accepted in any case other than rape, but that's not what this paper is about. About 23 states have passed anti-PBA (partial birth abortions) laws as of August of 1998 (Robinson, 1999). Illinois is among those 23. In some states, the legal age to have an abortion with no authorization is 17. That is too young to be deciding the life (or death) of an innocent human being. Another major concern for teenagers having sex is that some people feel that ...
- 195: Hills Like White Elephants 2
- ... but has just as much meaning as any short story that I have read. The man and the woman are at a train station haveing a altercation about weather or not she should get a abortion. She does not want to. It is ovious in the things she says to the man. She says "I dont't care about me. And then I'll do it and everything will be fine"(1). She is saying that she only cares about him, and dose not care about herself. If she did care about herself, then she definatly would not get a abortion. She can not just tell him straight out that she wants to have this baby. The woman is so in love with the man, that she is willing to take the life of her unborn ... I wants her to do it, and will keep talking about it until she agrees to do it. This man and womans relationship is going to go down hill from the time she has the abortion. She will always resint him for pushing her into doing it. She will resint herself as well for ever telling him that she really did not want to do it. Unlike the woman in " ...
- 196: Luis Gutierrez
- ... were labor unions who gave 109,650 dollars; finance, insurance and real estate. Since he was on the banking committee, bankers backed him on his re-election. Public funding for health services, gun control and abortion are the three most controversial issues in politics, Gutierrez is primarily pro-choice. A bill was brought to congress on July 17, 1996 to allow federal employees health insurance program to cover abortion, Gutierrez voted, yes to this bill but this amendment was rejected. He supports the Brady bill as well as other topic bills preventing semi-automatic weapons. Gutierrez major campaign topic for 1992's election. He ... minute profile he claimed that the house was "belly of the best" and later called the new democrats "sell outs", because of these comments, Gutierrez has not been successful as a legislature. Both Gutierrez's abortion in veteran's Hospitals and anti-crime bill have been rejected. As a leader Gutierrez has had to pick himself up and rejoin the game many times. Is Luis Gutierrez the man for the ...
- 197: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... birth control, which made the sexual revolution possible. It altered people's dedication to their children and altered a fundamental orientation of society. Sexual morality got unanchored in the 1960s, followed by the legalization of abortion. "Abortion is a very definite rejection of the child. So is out-of- wedlock births, as well as divorce," he says. "The [predators] everyone' s afraid of were abused kids. There's sexual abuse and alcohol ... love is. " In 1950, for every 100 children born, he says, 12 had divorced parents or were born out of wedlock. In 1992, that number had quadrupled to 60 children for every 100 born. Throw abortion into the mix, and the number shoots up to 92 per 100. (4) John Dilulio asserts that "each generation of crime-prone boys has been about three times as dangerous as the one before ...
- 198: Down's Syndrome
- ... with Down syndrome still worries families of people with the condition. (www #1) The option not to have a child with Down already exists. Tests during pregnancy can detect the condition. Parents may choose an abortion. Parents of children with Down syndrome, say that other parents who choose to discard an embryo in a laboratory are further removed from the implications of their decision. Doctors at the medical center say that ... tests establish the probability of pregnant women having children with Down Syndrome or Spina Bifida and other neural tube defects. It is possible the widespread use of genetic screening for the purpose of identification and abortion of fetuses with Down Syndrome may adversely affect the quality of life for all persons with Down Syndrome in the community. Many groups representing people with Down syndrome have expressed their feelings about this issue ... make an important contribution to our society. I think if parents are not prepared to take on the challenges of a child with Down syndrome they should have options, should one of these options be abortion? I would have a hard time supporting someone's decision to abort, especially having spent some time with a young boy who has Down syndrome. There are many support groups for families who have ...
- 199: Development of the Human Zygote
- ... abnormalities of cervix and uterus in females, possible infertility in males and females Vaginal adenosis is detected in over 50% of women whose mothers took these drugs before the ninth week of pregnancy. Lead Increased abortion rate and stillbirths Central nervous system development of the fetus may be adversely affected. Lithium Congenital heart disease Heart malfunctions due to first trimester exposure occur in approximately 2%. Organic mercury Mental retardation, spasticity, seizures, blindness Exposed individuals include consumers of contaminated grain and fish. Contamination is usually with methyl mercury Isotrtinoin (Accutane) Increased abortion rate, nervous system defects, cardiovascular effects, craniofacial dysmorphism, cleft palate First trimester exposure may result in approximately 25% anomaly rate Thalidomide Bilateral limb deficiencies-days 27-40, anotia and microtia-days 21-27, other abnormalities Of children whose mothers used thalidomide, 20% show the effect. Trimethadione Cleft lip or cleft palate, cardiac defects, growth retardation, mental retardation Risks for defects or spontaneous abortion is 60-80% with first trimester exposure. Valproic acid Neural tube defects Exposure must be prior to normal closure of neural tube during first trimester to get open defect. Infections Rubella Cataracts, deafness, heart ...
- 200: Roger Rosenblatt's "The Bill of Rights": Inescapable Dilemma
- ... ever, free to go to hell.” Rosenblatt's final line in his essay makes an important point. It is not just Huck who is faced with decisions; Huckleberry Finn represents every man. A major problem, abortion, is an example of an inescapable dilemma that plagues modern man. In abortion, the doctor is faced with a difficult decision. Should he take the life of an unborn child? But what if the child was deformed, or was otherwise going to be born into a possibly unhealthy ... that face the doctor as well as the mother of the fetus. So, as the mother and the doctor are faced with this dilemma, sometimes what they feel is morally correct is not legal- as abortion is illegal in certain states. Another example of an inescapable dilemma is guns. Should it be legal for man to have the power to purchase such an item whose sole purpose is to drain ...
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