I feel that if you carry a baby for that long then you should go ahead and have it. ... Since it is a law why let them carry up until that amount of weeks. ... I feel that late abortion should be justified only if a woman becomes ill after trying to carry her baby out to term. ... I understand things happen and maybe an abortion is the best option for health reason then go with the choice. Even though these things might happen mainly I am still against late abortion. ...

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Adoption isn't always the best solution and forcing a woman to carry a child isn't always good either because women need to have control of their own bodies. ... Women would be forced to carry what might be an unwanted child. ... That's one of the few things that we really have control over these days. ... Everyone has their own morals and their own ways of doing things. ... They might turn out to be bad choices, or the best possible choices. ...

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Even though these internal organs are not ready to function they continue to develop. ... The mother's bloodstream carries food and oxygen to the placenta and from there it reaches the baby through the umbilical cord, which bring nourishment to the baby and takes waste products away. ... The fetus carries out periods of activity followed by periods of rest and quiet. ... Many things take place during this month. ... These are the three stages of prenatal development and in each stage many things develop or happen to the baby, therefore it is important for the mother to take good care...

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Pregnant women should be seen by a doctor if they experience any of the following symptoms that are known in individuals who have hyperemesis gravidarum, vomiting more the three to four times a day, not keeping any food or water down, losing weight rapidly, feeling tired and dizzy, and urinating less than usual. ... All of these things can be harmful for you and your baby. ... Those who are experiencing a first time pregnancy, carrying twins, high body weight or obesity, under the age of twenty - four, or have a history of hyperemesis gravidarum in previous pregnancies are all at a high ris...

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Surrogate Mothers According to Elaine Landau in the book " Surrogate Mothers" "A Surrogate mother is a woman who conceives, carries, and gives birth to a baby for another person." ... Mary-Beth Whitehead after many tries finally conceived and carried the baby. ... Whitehead told the Sterns they did not want to give up the baby and they were going to keep her. ... The surrogate mother shall carry the baby to the term and upon the baby's birth shall be delivered to the parents" (Frank 135). ... These legal processes are not the only things that have been improved upon. ...

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About one-fourth of all pregnant women bleed some time during pregnancy, however, up to 50 percent of these women carry the fetus to full term. ... They may think that they are not ready to become mothers at such an early age. ... Other women say that they get abortions because they have gone through a physical trauma or abuse. The fact of having a child or carrying a child that is not wanted or desired makes them have an abortion, instead of giving that child away or not taking care of that child as they should because of their previous experiences. ... Nowadays there are many things o...

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They include suction curettage, manual vacuum aspiration, dilation and evacuation, and partial birth abortion. ... This abortion is carried out by the delivery of first the fetal limbs and body, and then the skull which is collapsed so it may pass easier through the cervix. ... What they do is entirely up to them, and I should have no influence on the decisions that are made. In other words the blood is in their hands and they are ultimately responsible for their actions. ... As I said before my intent today was not to change anyone's mind on the matter, but simply to give you some more...

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Pro Life organizations "believe" more than they "know". ... They don't necessarily fight for, or agree with the actual act of abortion, but what they believe first, and most importantly, is that if they wanted to, they should be allowed to. ... They believe in circumstance, and exceptions. Like the pregnant mother facing death if she carries her pregnancy out to full term. ... It carried limitations, but nonetheless, a crushing blow to the pro-life groups that, still, to this day, fight to have over turned. ...

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Shantell comes across as a rude and unruly teenager who only wants things her way. ... But, can this tradition be broken and can life be fulfilling when things are done out of order? Rather, than Shantell turning to her family for help and assistance she carries the baby full term without their help. ... All things considered, Shantell and her baby's father is a model of a strong black family. They make mistakes but quickly take responsibility and step up to the plate. ...

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Over 100,000 terminations are carried out nationally each year. ... They are pro-life (anti-abortionists) or pro-choice (abortionists). ... There are many different things to consider when determining where you stand on the issue. ... I've already mentioned that life begins at conception but here are a few other things to consider. ... One of the first things we do to determine if someone is alive is check for a heart beat or pulse. ...

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It is a story about a man and a woman waiting at a train station talking about an issue that they never name. ... She looks at the hills in the distance and says They look like white elephants (282). ... And this guy never deals with things that he does not want. ... We see that she does this at the end: He picked up the two heavy bags and carried them around the station to the other racks. ... They were all waiting reasonably for the train. ...

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In the particular case of children, becoming pregnant from rape and incest affects the rest of their adolescent lives, whereas most "women" who have been raped have emotional damage and carry that emotional damage on with them and their child if she decides to have that child. ... Family is one of the most important things that a child can have. ... With all of the pro-life protestors we come into contact with today, it is hard to see what they really value when listening to their points of view. They look at the undeveloped fetus and base everything around that, when in reality they should...

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Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to push their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand, also carry very strong points. ... Couples choose the alternative of abortion so they can start or expand their families when they feel most ready and able to care for them. ... When doctors injected the saline, they often saw an increase in fetal movements". ...

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Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to push their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in some known instances. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand, also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside them is their property and it's life doesn't be until birth. ... Couples choose the alternative of abortion so they can start or expand their families when they feel most ready and able to care for them. ...

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When a couple decide to conceive a child, they hope for a healthy, disease free and beautiful infant. ... Carrier testing can be used to help couples to learn if they carry - and thus risk passing to their children - a recessive allele for inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, or Tay-Sachs disease. ... Morally we are saying that if things are not perfect we dispose of them. ... I believe that everyone including unborn fetuses have the right to life no matter if they have a disability such as Down syndrome or if they do not. It is a fact that these individuals live ...

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Diotima teaches Socrates that the lover of good things wants to possess them so that he might be happy (204e). This definition of a lover applies to everyone, for Diotima's assumption, supported by Socrates, is that "everyone wants good things to be his own forever." (205a) There is a need to refine this broad definition which would include as lovers those who try to attain the good by any means. ... Heterosexual relations and the child a woman bears as a result of them are a beautiful end of love because they perpetuate man. ... Diotima says that men who try to gain the immortality they ...

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Abortion is an issue as many people have diverse views about what they believe is right or wrong, for example the Catholic moral teachings forbid abortions, this challenges others which leads to conflict. ... People's attitudes towards abortion are formed based on many things but it is especially influenced on how they were raised and their religion. ... Abortion has always been a debatable issue in New Zealand, in 1977 The Contraception, Sterilization and Abortion Act was passed however it is still a contemporary ethical issue as the 'Right to Life' launched a court case again...

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Some women although they maybe mature and financial secure if become pregnant will choose to have an abortion because they believe that having a baby will 'tie them down.' It would therefore prevent them from being able to do things that they would like, go places they would like to go and subsequently affect their freedom, hence they were not ready to make the commitment required to raise a child. ... There are also greater danger at uterine rupture and abnormal hemorrhage if they do carry a baby to term. ... They exploit the female because they know she is in crisis and would do a...

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Conception is one of the things that you can never really tell that exact date but is estimated from the first day of the females last menstrual cycle. ... Ovulation is what happens when a group of eggs form in small sacs called follicles and every month they will erupt. ... The main reason is usually because they are not ready to have a child because they are young also. Some because they are not financially stable or in stable relationship to bring a child into the world. ... With the pregnant woman being a minor the abortion debate is at an all time high. 24 hour waiting period for an abor...

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(All Things Considered (NPR) 1994). ... Asian women were twice as likely as others to choose mifepristone because they considered it safer; white women were twice as likely to use it as nonwhites because they considered it more natural. More educated women chose it because they wanted to show support for broader choices and because they wanted to avoid surgery. ... Wal Mart, Kmart) if they were to fill prescriptions containing the RU 486 drug. ... I believe that it is a woman's right to choose whether or not to carry her unborn child to term. ...

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(All Things Considered (NPR) 1994). ... Asian women were twice as likely as others to choose mifepristone because they considered it safer; white women were twice as likely to use it as nonwhites because they considered it more natural. More educated women chose it because they wanted to show support for broader choices and because they wanted to avoid surgery. ... Wal Mart, Kmart) if they were to fill prescriptions containing the RU 486 drug. ... I believe that it is a woman's right to choose whether or not to carry her unborn child to term. ...

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When the courts made the decision to allow abortions to be legal, they not only gave women the right to choose but also gave the unborn babies a right to die. ... Hilgers, M.D., FACOG If the woman does not want to have the baby they could either carry the baby until full term and give the child up for adoption, or go to a hospital soon after and have the man's sperm removed. ... Instead of Congress listening to Pro-Choice and Pro-Life advocates they should listen to the victims who say that the baby helps them cope. ... Many women however, are not afraid of how people will look at t...

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I would ask they assumed I was going into the building to have an abortion. ... They evoked memories, which evoked my emotions whether it is anger or compassion. ... "Which amounts to saying that if women want to lead heterosexual lives they must give up any claim to self-determination, and that they have no right to sexual pleasure without fear." ... "Things are different now. ... They have common enemy men, conservative men who look at them as inferior because they are female. ...

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Or is it merely a conglomeration of cells waiting to come in to the outside world to do these things? ... The study demonstrated an effect of repeated music exposure in multiple fetuses, carried over into the newborn period, suggesting that it is possible for the human fetus to learn. ... The mothers in the music group could not hear the music played to the fetus through the earphones, but it is possible that they could have felt the vibrations on their abdomen. ... Thus, they conducted a study using a habituation model to examine the ability of the fetus to learn. ... They found that f...

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Once the female agrees to carry the couple's child and give it to them once it is conceived, the surrogate is inseminated with the husband's sperm, usually by means of artificial insemination. ... However, since surrogacy cases involve a child, things are not so cut and dry. ... Surrogate mothers admit that at one time they agreed to enter the contract with the infertile couple; however, they feel their decision was not valid since they were "not sufficiently informed" nor was the decision "voluntary to bind her to give up her child" (Field, 70). ... Many of them claim that they u...

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