A woman is pregnant with her fifth child. ... Their first child was born blind, the second child died at birth, the third child was born deaf and dumb, and the fourth child was born with tuberculosis. ... Once the head is delivered, the child is considered to be a human being, with all his rights. ... The child could have lived on its own, if only given the chance. ... Therefor the child was not protected by the 14th Amendment (Dutton). ...

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Besides, if the woman still doesn't want the baby after it's born, she can simply give to a family who would love and adopt the child as their own. Plenty of well deserving families don't get the chance, or the gift to raise a child and they would make more than able suitors. ... There's also the psychology of the mother, for after a separation of that magnitude, mother and child, there's more than likely the chance for depression in the years to follow. ... She was a mother of four, happily married and pregnant with her fifth child. ... Her fi...

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Norma McGorvey was twenty-one, pregnant with her third child, and unmarried when the case was filed. ... She had suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child, spent some time in reform school, and was raped as a teen-ager. ... Norma McGorvey's mother raised her first child, Melissa, while the father raised her second child. ... In her complaint, Jane Roe claimed that the statute was unconstitutionally vague and violated her right of privacy as guaranteed by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. ... In Jane Roe's original...

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Its not very often that we find pro-abortionists using terms such as baby or child. ... Some include: guilt, mourning, anger/rage, nightmares, child abuse, lower self-esteem, inability to forgive self, and regret. ... Doctors lead you to believe that the procedures are painless but even if they are for you, what about your poor, innocent child? ... When the Dilation and Evacuation procedure is used, a pair of forceps is inserted into the womb to grasp parts of the baby, and they literally twist and tear the bones of the unborn child. ... The heart of the baby begins to beat between the eig...

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"Legal abortion is reported as the fifth leading cause of maternal death in the United States, though in fact it is recognized that most abortion related deaths not officially reported as such" (Sarvis 75). ... Other women, no matter how compelling the reasons for seeking an abortion, may still perceive the termination of their pregnancy as the violent killing of their own child. ... Despite the elimination of traditional reasons for abortion in cases of heart disease, some kidney disorders, tuberculosis, and some neuralgic diseases, a woman and physician may still be aware of the difficulty...

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She claimed that the Texas laws were unconstitutional and that they terminated her right of personal privacy protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. ... Any woman should have the ability to choose when to have a child in their marital and sexual freedom. ...

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Whereas, a young woman with a career facing similar circumstances, hopefully, would take a more responsible approach by practicing safe sex, following through the full-term pregnancy, or giving the child up for adoption. ... Less than one-fifth said they would consider use of the morning-after pills to be a form of abortion" (A16). ...

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Quickening generally occurred during the mid-point of gestation, late in the fourth or early in the fifth month, though it would and still does vary a good deal from one woman to another (pg.3). ... Every person who shall, willfully and maliciously, administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by, any person or persons, any deadly poisons, or other noxious and destructive substance, within an intention him/her/them, thereby to murder, or thereby to cause or procure the miscarriage of any woman, then being quick with child, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall suffer imprisonme...

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Quickening generally occurred during the mid-point of gestation, late in the fourth or early in the fifth month, though it would and still does vary a good deal from one woman to another (pg.3). ... Every person who shall, willfully and maliciously, administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by, any person or persons, any deadly poisons, or other noxious and destructive substance, within an intention him/her/them, thereby to murder, or thereby to cause or procure the miscarriage of any woman, then being quick with child, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall suffer imprisonme...

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