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- 1411: Pro Choice Among Women
- ... Abortion should stand as only the woman’s choice, never as a decision adverse to Pro-Life activists. Pro-Choice advocates seem to vindicate abortion, accepting that abortion is not considered a form of birth control, but merely a method of controlling the woman and fetus future. Women are the sole determinate persons in stating if they are capable of withholding a full term pregnancy. As an advocate of women’s ... pill is the most effective out of the available types, but still it is not 100% effective towards pregnancy prevention. The pill is ranked first choice (after abstinence) among women for effective means of birth control; Norplant and Depo-Provera are ranked thereafter, then IUD’s, the female condom, then sponges, and cervical caps. The morning after pill is an emergency pregnancy prevention form of birth control. It is the only choice for women that is more effective than the pill. It brings on a “natural” aborting of the united zygote, still considered abortion. Many Pro choice advocates dislike the idea ...
- 1412: Anarchism
- ... their lives according to the dictates of reason. However, it was not until Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who coined the term anarchism defining its political foundations. He argued for the abolition of private property and the control of the means of production by the workers. Instead of government Proudhon desired a federal system of agricultural and industrial associations. Proudhon's theories attracted many followers, among them the Russians Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin ... First Five Years' Plan_. Translated by Ian F. Morrow. New York: Russell & Russell, 1965. ü Santillan, Diego Abad de. _After the Revolution_. New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1937. ü Scanlon, Hugh. _The Way Forward for Workers' Control_. Institute for Workers' Control Pamphlet Series, no. 1, Nottingham, England, 1968. ü Tucker, Robert C. _The Marxian Revolutionary Idea_. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1969.
- 1413: Female Genital Mutilation
- ... an attempt to reduce the sex drive of women, making them less likely to be sexually active before marriage or engage in extra-marital affairs. Although this procedure can be seen as a means to control a woman’s sexuality, the act of female circumcision determines the gender identity of women. A circumcised woman is a virgin, ready for marriage and to bear children for her husband, “Girls who are infibulated ... allowing a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood. Female genital mutilation is often compared to male circumcision. Both procedures remove all or part of the functioning genitalia and both seek to control the body and sexuality. However, this is where the similarities end. All comparisons aside female circumcision is far more drastic and damaging both physically and psychologically. A more precise analogy would be between a clitoridectomy ... apart. The operator uses a cutting instrument, a collection of thorns for suturing the wound, and a powder mixture of sugar, gum, and other herbs, ashes or pulverized animal manure, which is later applied to control excessive hemorrhaging. The child is in so much pain that some have actually bitten their tongues off. If the child faints, powder is blown up her nose to revive her. When the operation is ...
- 1414: Euthenasia
- ... doors of a hospital. To a large proportion of our society the topic of death and dying is best left unspoken, many find it uncomfortable and disturbing. This fear of a 'thing' we have little control over is very much apart of our society, and is manifest in the writings of the article "Why is Euthanasia Wrong". The writer of "Why is Euthanasia Wrong", a self confessed pro life activist, has ... patients were classified as irreversibly comatose and where all decisions regarding their continual treatment were made by others, neglects to recognize the numerous cases of terminally ill patients, who simply ask for the right to control their own destiny and to die with dignity. His use of extreme cases, all of which were found in 'National Right to Life News', gives the reader a distorted picture and neglects the many types ... an acceptance or willingness to face the inevitable. To the terminally ill, death is the last hope of maintaining any remnants of dignity left to them in a life where there is no longer any control and is the only escape from a life where pain rules their existence. With acts of suicide among the young, it is often an attempt to end mental suffering that in many cases can ...
- 1415: Euthanasia
- ... death, and under what circumstances? What responsibility does a physician have to sustain life when witnessing a patient suffering? What role should law play in this personal matter, and who should have the authority to control individual wishes regarding his or her own body? Euthanasia should be legalized so, if we ever have a loved one that is suffering and death is certain, that we have the choice to ease their ... that acceptance will spread from the terminally ill to the less serious ill, the handicapped, or the mentally retarded (Russ 117). A person has the right to die with dignity. People should be allowed to control their own deaths. Why should a patient be forced to live if they think their present standard of life has "degenerated to the point of meaningless", when doctors can no longer help, and perhaps the ... do not think that you would end your life or another's life should personal views decide that it is not the right thing for another to do. Does any person have the right to control the choices of others? Not all the should everything be done to preserve a life. The advances of technology have disturbed the natural balance of life and death. No longer does a person die ...
- 1416: Euthanasia
- ... Death is one of the few things that all people have in common. This means that there is a chance for anyone to face the decision of letting someone go. People should be allowed to control their own deaths. Why should patients be forced to live if he or she think their present standard of life has "degenerated to the point of meaningless," when doctors can no longer help, and perhaps ... both are valid options in a caring society. Both are appropriate to different people with differing values. Even the most determined supporters of euthanasia hang on until the last minute -- sometimes too long, and lose control. They, too, gather with their families and friends to Rourke 6 say good-byes. There are important reunions and often farewell parties. Euthanasia supporters enjoy life and love living, and their respect for the sanctity ... is as strong as anybody's. Yet they are willing, if their dying is distressing to them, to forego a few weeks or a few days at the very end and leave under their own control. Now that we have the knowledge and the drugs, we can negotiate new terms with life concerning our fate. Surely, for those who want it this way, this is commendable and is in fact ...
- 1417: Death Penalty
- By: Luke Wright E-mail: adamz22@aol.com Luke Wright 3/16/00 There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime (Cox). It is not ...
- 1418: Death Penality
- By: King E-mail: King@yahoo.com There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime (Cox). It is not ...
- 1419: Charles Manson- Methods To The
- ... thought was Jesus Christ incarnate (Watson par. 3). They were willing to risk death and imprisonment to satisfy this man. Manson used borrowed ideas from prosperous cults of the 1960’s to achieve a complete control over his followers. In June of 1960, Charles Manson was sent to prison for forgery, mail theft, and pimping (Bugliosi 192-193). There, he became involved with a cult called Scientology (195). Scientology was founded ... achieved this through many “auditing sessions,” the method that Scientologists use to teach awareness, taught by his cell mate, Lanier Rayner (Bugliosi 195-196). Most likely, he picked up many of his methods of mind control from these sessions, along with ideas such as karma and reincarnation (635). The Process Church of the Final Judgment, labeled a Satanist cult by the media, was founded in 1963 by Robert DeGrimston, a former ... at 10050 Cielo Drive in Sharon Tate’s own blood (Bugliosi 331-332). After Manson and the Family members who were involved in the Tate-LaBianca murders were arrested, he continued to reveal his ultimate control over them. Susan Atkins, who was involved in both murders, agreed to testify for the Grand Jury in return for immunity. After the criminal trial started, however, and she had one meeting with Manson, ...
- 1420: Adolescent Suicide
- ... involve agony and hurting. Having a firearm in the house also contributes to the chance that they will use it. Out of the suicide victims, ages 10 to 24, there are 64% that use a gun to complete the act. Just having a weapon in the house is not the cause of the suicide. The reasons behind the action vary greatly, but there are some life changes in an adolescents' life ... direction and self-management in their lives if they have caring and informative people around them. Adolescents in this situation do not always know the correct path to take to get there lives back under control. Managing their lives takes effort on their part, but also for the people helping them. "Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem", and it is common for the person to resent help at ...
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