When is the Beginning of Personhood? During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most contentious subjects of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions, and law collaborate. Many have contemplated upon the meaning of ...
Stem Cell Research Science and technology are constantly evolving. Each year new discoveries are made that have a profound effect on society. With these new discoveries, we are faced with new questions about scientific and moral boundaries. What are we willing sacrifice for the possible ben...
In January of 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided on the case of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147. The Decision made by the United States Supreme Court gave every woman a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Since that decision in 1973, the issue of aborti...
Knowledge of various drugs, potions and techniques was available from home medical guides, from health books for woman, for mid-wives and irregular practitioners, and trained physicians. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. ...
