The major arguments against abortion are how a fetus is a person; a fetus has rights; and it is morally impermissible to take a life. ... Pro-life supporters argue that abortion is equivalent murder because life starts at conception, making a fetus a living person. ... Persons have a right to life and we hold our right to live higher than any other species. ... Suppose a woman gets pregnant and was not intending to, and the father does not want to be involved in the child's life at all. ... If one believes life starts at conception, then they would perceive abortion as being morally wrong...

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It seems foolish to defend the right to health, if our society is allowing doctors to simply abort a fetus" life. ... Because they don't classify a fetus as a person, it is only "tissue." ... This means that we are not to take the life of the unborn child, the baby that has already been brought to life, or any other person for that matter. ... In the Bible, life is considered to be sacred from the moment of conception up through a person's physical death and beyond into eternal life in Heaven. ... Another injustice to life is the death penalty. ...

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Hopes And Dreams: Overcoming Adversity After watching the movie "Suggestions On How To Live A Happy And Rewarding Personal and Professional Life" two quotes stuck out in which I thought were basic necessities and a fundamental component in establishing a successful life. ... Hope is one of the most important things a person can have, it is shared amongst the rich and the poor, the majority and the minorities and no one has the right to deprive some one of a dream. ... If a person thinks he or she can achieve great things, then their peers should support them in pursuing that dream, not shun...

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The issue is one that questions a person's morality and ethics. ... On the contrary, pro-life believers emphasize the argument of preserving human life since conception at any cost. ... The liberal position argues that even though a fetus has the potential to become a "human being", it does not sufficiently resemble a person to have the right to life. ... Liberalists believe that since the fetus does not resemble an actual person until later in birth or until after birth, its rights are in the hands of its creator, the mother. ... I do not believe the fetus is a human until the ...

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Right for Life president, Margaret Tighe said "Every human being has rights. ... Embryonic life has higher miscarriage rates compared to naturally conceived embryos. ... Linda is not the only person to complain about5 the cost of the treatment. ... Have these people considered the couples who are not fortunate enough to be able to conceive naturally, or the rights of the unborn child (embryo) or the couples whose babies are sick, have life threatening illnesses, are still born or die at a young are. ...

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UK Pro-Life Campaign activists believe that: "Since human life begin at conception i.e. fertilisation, and since all human life should be equally protected by the law from conception to natural death, whether or not human being concerned is wanted or handicapped it follows that destruction of unborn life is always wrong." According to the UK Pro-Life Campaign after conception a foetus is a living thing and its right to life should not be taken away by anyone, especially by its mother. ... Pain is not always the issue - quality of life is one too. ... It is not a private act; the person co...

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A human's life should be more valuable than just a choice. ... A living human person begins to exist at the moment of conception, even though only as a cell" (Mull). Therefore, the fetus should be given the right to life. ... Every human on this Earth is given the right to life; since the life of the fetus begins at conception, they need to have the same equal rights as everyone else. ... At the same time, the pro-choice individuals recognize the eggs furthermore sperm need possibility to end up full human persons. ...

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What makes pro-life activists judge that abortion is murder? ... They believe the fetus is a separate life force. The problem with this argument is when do we call a fetus a person? From the religious perspective, a baby is already a person from the start of the conception. There are others who oppose abortion that believe a fetus is a person when their central nervous system is developed. ...

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The argument for the "right to life- and the "fetus is a person- does not adhere to the criteria of a good argument because they are not flexible in all scenarios. ... The problem with this set up is that what if a mother is physically threatened if she were to bare her child, then is her life (as a legitimate person) more or less important than that life of a fetus? ... Hence, bodily autonomy is more important than pro-life, starting from the argument that the fetus is a person to the argument that abortion is always wrong. ... Therefore, claiming that a fetus is a person cannot be used by...

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However I feel that if a terminally ill person decides that their life should be ended to end their suffering should not be discriminated against and receive their wishes. ... Only if there is sufficient evidence that this person would like to have their life ended. They have a right to life, which is in the charter of rights, and therefore if they no longer want to continue that life then they should have a right to death. ... Although a person who is terminally ill and hospitalized may not be given this option. ... Therefore I believe each person whether you are disabled or not sh...

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What I mean when I say that the death penalty is a risky punishment is that the judgement made could be wrong, therefore killing an innocent person. ... Also, each person has the basic human right to live. Although this right is said to be forfeit when a person rapes or murders another person, the jury is also taking a life by convicting the person. Although this is "justified" by the law, it is still taking a life. I am definitely not saying the person should get away free, but to take away their life is a little extreme. ...

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It is sometimes the act of ending someone's life, who is terminally ill, or is suffering in severe pain. ... Thus, to remember one's life as dignifying, one must have the right for euthanasia. ... We are disturbing what is occurring or happening naturally to the person. Every person has a natural inclination to continue living. ... If a person's life is considered less valuable than another's life, then euthanasia may rage out of control. ...

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It is sometimes the act of ending someone's life, who is terminally ill, or is suffering in severe pain. ... Thus, to remember one's life as dignifying, one must have the right for euthanasia. ... We are disturbing what is occurring or happening naturally to the person. Every person has a natural inclination to continue living. ... If a person's life is considered less valuable than another's life, then euthanasia may rage out of control. ...

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These are specific crimes that result in a person's death. ... Another difference in the death penalty and life in prison is your life. ... Some say it is a human right violation to deprive someone's life, it states everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person. ... They would also have to abolish charging taxes and fines since they would violate someone's security of person. ... Giving the death penalty contradicts the government because they are committing the same sin as the person being put to death. ...

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The life of the unborn child is the most important concern of the pro-life advocates. ... The embryo of that woman is a person from the moment of conception. ... Most pro-choice supporters do not believe the fetus is a person until the first or second trimester. ... A middle-aged person, a teenager, and an unborn baby are all in stages of human life. ... Unborn babies need to be recognized as persons. ...

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To murder means to kill a person. The embryo is not equal to a person. ... What is the biblical view of a person? ... As the person is breathed into, so the person breathes (Simmons). ... To be a person is to be a choice maker (Simmons). ...

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To murder means to kill a person. The embryo is not equal to a person. ... What is the biblical view of a person? ... As the person is breathed into, so the person breathes (Simmons). ... To be a person is to be a choice maker (Simmons). ...

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When does human life begin? ... Does a foetus have the same right to life as an adult person? ... P2: It is morally wrong to end the life of an innocent person. ... When we are killed we suffer the loss our life. ... By declaring that a foetus is a potential person, we are also stating that a foetus is not a person. ...

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The question of "What point does life begin?" ... BUT, if you ask that same person, "Should a person be allowed to have an abortion?" ... But a "Pro-life" person might say, "Well it's not really your place to answer another persons right." Arguing that the person pregnant does not have a say in the POTENTIAL living human. ... What type of Pro-life group/person would say yes to that answer, but then again, what type would say no? ...

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It violates the right to life. ... In our civilized society, the death of another person cannot be considered good and right. ... The death penalty is taking yet another life, and taking another life is not justice. A life for a life, what does that solve? ... Why do we permit the chance that an innocent person will be killed? ...

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The Right To Decide Who has the right to say whether a person lives or dies? ... Death is a certainty in life. ... Death is very personal and no one has the right to choose when that person's time is but that person. ... However, isn't death just another phase of life? ... No longer does a person die when they naturally would-life-support now prevents that. ...

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Euthanasia is an improper way of ending life and merely a way for people to escape the pains of life. ... For this reason positive acts to end the lives of consenting persons, or life-ending actions taken by those persons themselves, are to be seen as absolutely unconscionable"(Weir 321). ... How soon before a person who has no terminal illness, desires to be assisted in taking their own life? ... The person has not died and will not die at that time. ... And what might drive a person to want it? ...

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Capital punishment - Life or Death - If you had a choice what would you choose? ... If somebody kills another person they deserve to lose their own lives? What about the person who injects the needle into the condemned, or the person who puts the noose around the criminal's neck, or the person who drops the platform, or even the jury who condemns the person to death because in a sense even they have killed somebody. ... Wouldn't life in prison without bail be more of a punishment? ... Capital punishment has a 100% individual deterrence effect, if the right person is killed and if it ...

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But under special circumstances a person should have the right to choose his death. For example, if a person has some sort of disease and is hooked up to all sorts of toobs and machines and takes many kinds of medication with strong effects and side-effects and also this person cant get out of bed because is crippled. Now, what kind of life is that? If that person can communicate, and requests to die through assisted suicide, then the person should have the right to die. ... Life is something that should be appreciated and protected and it's not something that can be thrown into th...

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Nothing surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person. If a person's right to life is violated at the moment in which he is first conceived in his mother's womb, an indirect blow is struck also at the whole moral order.... At what point would you call this a person? ... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ... Pro-life ...

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