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- 1791: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment, which contains the right to privacy. The ninth amendment states: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. This right guarantees the right to women, if they so choose, to have an abortion, up to the end of the first ... let others influence my decision." Several cases have been fought for the right to choose. Many of these have been hard cases with very personal feelings, but the perseverance showed through and gives us the rights we have today. Here are some important cases: 1965 - Griswold v. Connecticut - upheld the right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control. Eight years later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy ...
- 1792: American Revolution 3
- ... and proved that the leading cause of the American Revolution was originated from economic and political problems. During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed, as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. From 1763, Americans had only to be convinced that an arbitrary ruler- whether Parliament or King- was violating their rights, to feel that rebellion was justified. This bred them into a series of events that occurred between 1763 and 1776. The language used to protest the British Acts was legal, and political. But the primary ...
- 1793: Abortion
- ... and it would have been terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ... aware of the horrors he observed. "A woman has the right to go to bed with who she wants, but she can not choose death for her child. It's a direct violation of human rights." (Kovaleski grid c-7) Anthony Simpson has a photo of a aborted fetus and believes that abortion is nothing less but ruthless murder. In southern Kentucky, Robert Hollis brutally assaulted his wife in effort to ...
- 1794: American Push For Independence
- ... themselves under British rule, but it was never granted. Britain wanted and enforced Parlimentary Supreamacy over its colonies and would not grant representation to the colonies. American colonists believed they were entitled to the Natural rights of life, liberty, and property. This was a major issue with the passage of many taxes and tariffs on the colonies. The Sugar Act, Quartering Acts, Revenue Acts, Tea Act, Coercive Acts, and the most ... the revolution was compromise. As Americans they were all together, but they still differed in greatly in society. The two sides needed to compromise on many issues such as slavery, representation, authority, and state s rights to check the distrust they had with each other. The new Constitution was dotted with compromise. Article 1 sec 2, Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included ...
- 1795: Flour Baby Project: Parenting
- ... Make sure that you now the length, weight and age of your child because cloths is not sold in S,M, L Changing a baby is a little tricky. Diapers are very expensive and the bill does get bigger. Disposable diapers seem to be the 1st choice. They are efficient and should absorb wetness without leaking. They usually fit well especially on newborns. Diapers are easy to put on and to ... and they take up space when you store them at home in the changing table. Not only is clothing and diapers expensive and tedious but going to the Gynecologist can ring up a very nice bill. It is very important to see a Gynecologist because they can tell you how the baby is doing an OBGYN is the best type of doctor. They are the ones that can tell you how ...
- 1796: American History 2
- ... them as free or slave states was where the split occurred. The compromise of 1850 stated that California enters free, and New Mexico and Utah decided on their own which is giving them more state rights in which the South heavily supported. This compromise did not satisfy each side fully. The issue of State rights intensified by the issue of slavery because the Southern states felt they had the right to decide on their own about Slavery without Federal intervention. It seems the Southern states felt that the "American dream ...
- 1797: Freedom And Revolution
- ... system is access to open and fair trials, a full appeal process and sentence proportional to the gravity of the crime. While these are easily attainable in peace, in war, particularly civil war, curtailment of rights and civil liberties are more likely to occur. This should not be glorified (as Lenin tended to do), short term expediency is likely to lead to long term damage. The questions revolutionaries must ask is ... rung called socialism there are no gaps(22). The introduction of Taylorism and one man management in the factories in 1918 and 1919 displays a fixation with efficiency and productivity at the expense of workers' rights. They didn't see that without control over your own working life, you remain a cog in someone else's wheel. Workers' democracy at the point of production is as important as material wellbeing is ...
- 1798: Suicide in Las Vega
- ... how Las Vegas is our new mirror. Reflecting how things are going to be done. And who will win or lose. "There's a small but steady amount of suicides we call 'jumpers,'" states Sgt. Bill Keeton of Metro Police. "They're generally tourists. Some jump off an overpass, even Hoover Dam, but casinos are first choice. Balconies. The hotels wised up. Roofs stay locked." Las Vegas has other names for ... Mark Moreno, a lawyer and longtime Las Vegas resident. "The position of Las Vegas as a family-entertainment destination is best for gaming right now. There are three men responsible for the new Las Vegas. Bill Bennett from Circus Circus, Kirk Kerkorian with the mgm Grand, and Steve Wynn with the Mirage." I imagine asking these three wise kings about the suicides in their hotels. The suicides of their employees in ...
- 1799: A Study Of The American Revolu
- ... to provide crops which were normally imported from other countries to England. Since they were considered Englishmen and their lands considered property of the crown, the British could pass laws taking from them their basic rights as men. The British thought of the colonists as their primary asset in their practice of mercantilism, which at times may have been profitable for the colonists. Ultimately it became a primary reason for the ... It was no longer religious freedom the colonists were seeking; they were now looking to achieve a political freedom from a country that thought of them as nothing more as cows to be milked. Basic rights given to all English countrymen were now being with held from the colonists. In the years to follow, Britain would repeatedly take from the colonists until finally there was nothing more to do but rebel ...
- 1800: Prayer In Public Schools
- Prayer In Public Schools Should students be allowed to pray in public schools? Alot of debates about school prayer involves morals, rights, and separation of church and state. Although some people believe it is inappropriate to mix religion and school, there are many good reasons for a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in schools. To begin ... a strong correlation between the expulsion of prayer from our schools and the decline in morality. Morals must be taught, and they cannot properly be taught without religion. Another issue is the debate over constitutional rights. Many people do not support school prayer and feel it is unconstitutional. The constitution neither mandates nor prohibits prayer in schools. It does not say that prayer in public schools is unconstitutional, therefore, it is ...
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