Should the use of lifestyle drugs be banned during pregnancy? Many of us have our own opinions when it comes to answering the question, which asks if the use of lifestyle drugs should be made illegal during pregnancy. ... In the first three months of pregnancy the fetus is more vulnerable to alcohol effects, and doctors highly recommend not to consume alcohol in this period. ... Word Count: 1,273 words Bibliography Smoking and Pregnancy, [Online], available from Internet 2/11/03: http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5854,00.html Alcohol and Drugs during Pregnancy, [Online]...

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There are many reasons a woman would not see it fit to continue with a pregnancy. ... Most pregnancies that are aborted happen to be accidental. ... It is initially, the woman's choice as to whether or not to continue with her own pregnancy. ... "Pregnancy entails substantial medical risk." ... People with opposing views on abortion believe that aborting the pregnancy wouldn"t help anything. ...

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"Most pregnancies last an average of 39 to 40 weeks" ("Teen Pregnancies" 2). ... The risk increases by about 30 percent with each week of pregnancy after 12 weeks ("Abortion" 1). ... Both of these drug combinations effectively end pregnancy in 95 percent of the women who take them. ... However, the mother or father may simply not want the baby, or she is too young to have a baby ("Teen Pregnancies" 4). ... "One of the greatest effects of abortion is guilt" (Teen Pregnancies" 3). ...

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"Most pregnancies last an average of 39 to 40 weeks" ("Teen Pregnancies" 2). ... The risk increases by about 30 percent with each week of pregnancy after 12 weeks ("Abortion" 1). ... Both of these drug combinations effectively end pregnancy in 95 percent of the women who take them. ... However, the mother or father may simply not want the baby, or she is too young to have a baby ("Teen Pregnancies" 4). ... "One of the greatest effects of abortion is guilt" (Teen Pregnancies" 3). ...

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"Most pregnancies last an average of 39 to 40 weeks" ("Teen Pregnancies" 2). ... The risk increases by about 30 percent with each week of pregnancy after 12 weeks ("Abortion" 1). ... Both of these drug combinations effectively end pregnancy in 95 percent of the women who take them. ... However, the mother or father may simply not want the baby, or she is too young to have a baby ("Teen Pregnancies" 4). ... "One of the greatest effects of abortion is guilt" (Teen Pregnancies" 3). ...

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Abortion is a surgical or medical procedure to end a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus. ... A surgical abortion can be done while the woman is awake between 6 and 12 weeks into the pregnancy. ... A surgical abortion for a pregnancy over 12 weeks is commonly done while she is drugged. ... The physical recovery usually occurs within a few days after the abortion depending on the stage of the pregnancy. ... However it depends on the stage of the pregnancy. ...

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These birth defects are caused by maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy which are irreversible, yet preventable. ... Pediatricians should increase their awareness of maternal alcohol exposures during pregnancy to help identify the possible cause of birth defects and to help identify other adverse fetal outcomes in future pregnancies. ... Avoid alcohol during pregnancy." ... There does not seem to be any time during pregnancy when it is safe to drink. ... Since there is no known safe amount of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends abstin...

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One of the most severe effects of drinking during pregnancy is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, her baby can be born with FAS. ... FAS is 100% preventable if the woman does not drink during her pregnancy. ... No amount of alcohol should be consumed during pregnancy. ... There is only one way to prevent FAS, which is not to drink during pregnancy. ...

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It cannot be viable in the early months of woman's pregnancy and it is still a part of its mother "s body. ... There are many reasons for not wishing to continue a pregnancy: 1) the woman may be too young or too old. Teenager pregnancy is a good example. ... I believe in the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy before it harms to the life of baby and the mother. ... Man can just walk a way with pregnancy but woman is the one who go through nine months of pregnancy alone with like I mentioned it before, mentally and physically. ...

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I think that different stages of human development during pregnancy can make a difference in the morality or immorality of the abortion. I think that different circumstances of pregnancy can also change the morality or immorality. On the issue of legality, I believe that the stage of pregnancy should make a difference as to when abortions are legal or illegal. ... Different circumstances that can be involved in pregnancy can change the morality of the abortion. ... I do think that different stages in pregnancy should determine if abortion is legal or not. ...

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PREGNANCY AND ALCOHOL When women drink during pregnancy or are intoxicated during delivery they put their child at great risk. ... All of these problems are completely preventable if a mother abstains from alcoholic beverages during her entire pregnancy. ... This paper will examine the consequences and danger of a mother drinking during pregnancy. CONCLUSION Alcohol during pregnancy can cause many problems after birth. ... No matter when a mother stops drinking during pregnancy the child will be better off than if she continues during the entire pregnancy....

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In the United States, women choose to end about 25% of their pregnancies through abortion. ... Abortifacient: medication which terminates pregnancy and induces an abortion. ... This is generally regarded as the start of pregnancy within the pro-life movement. ... But, there appears to be no consensus among experts about the point in the pregnancy when this happens. ... These are not formed until the 28th week of pregnancy. ...

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Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. ... These usually occur during the first three months of pregnancy. It is estimated that 25% of all pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion. ... The likelihood of complications increase as the woman gets farther into the pregnancy. ... A man can withdraw from a relationship as soon as he finds out about a pregnancy. ...

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At some stage during pregnancy, a fetus becomes capable of feeling pain. But, there appears to be no consensus among experts about the point in the pregnancy when this happens. ... These is not formed until the third trimester, when fewer than 1% of all pregnancy terminations are done. ... Among facts that could sustain the view of pro-choice groups we found that in most of the cases they are more concerned about the future that a regular pregnancy could bring. ... The women in pregnancy have many external factors pushing her up. ...

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Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines abortion as: the termination of pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus a: spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first twelve weeks of gestation. ... First of all, abortion is the "termination of pregnancy". Stopping the women's pregnancy means to destroy the embryo or the fetus. ... The matter of when a fetus feels pain is also debatable since brain structure and nerve-cell connection that characterize the thinking and feeling part of the brain will not develop...

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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by death of the embryo or fetus. ... These Women share one thing in common: unplanned pregnancies. Each woman in the movie makes a different decision about her pregnancy and each woman experiences different consequences. ...

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The sins of the child's father are not the child's fault, and rather than just try and brush over the matter by terminating the pregnancy, the effort should go into trying and bringing the rapist to justice. ... Terminating a pregnancy for such a reason amounts to murder, which is not only illegal, but is denounced by the Christian faith, "Thou shalt not kill". ... I feel that abortion; whatever the circumstance is the equivalent of murder as a foetus is viable by the fourth week and has a heart beat on the 25th day of pregnancy. ...

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Yet, Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups feel that it is within a woman's rights to choose if she wants to have an unsuspected pregnancy or the choice to abort the fetus. ... This procedure typically would be performed in a later term pregnancy. ... One half of all pregnancies in the US are unintended. 4 out of those 10 pregnancies are terminated by an abortion. 88% of abortions occur during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. 50% of US women who obtain an abortion are younger than 25 years of age. ...

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(Page 284) He described that abortion can only be justified when (1) to save the mother from the most extreme harm or else (2) to save the mother from a lesser harm when the pregnancy was the result of the wrongful acts of others for which the woman had no responsibility, or when (3) it can be claimed for a defective or diseased fetus that it has a right not to be born. ... "When the pregnancy was the result of the wrongful acts of others for which the women has no responsibility." ... In my opinion, abortion is not the real problem; the real problem is what should we do in order to prevent t...

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First of all, there are many substantial reasons a woman would choose to terminate a pregnancy. Such as accidental pregnancy, rape, birth defects, and danger to her health. Many women die from pregnancies, more than from abortions. An estimated 670,000 women die from pregnancy related problems each year. ... It's a woman's right to her life that gives the woman the right to terminate her own pregnancy. ...

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Each year 75 million women have unwanted pregnancies. ... Only women should have the right to decide what to do about their pregnancies. ... Unfortunately, during the early stage of pregnancy something could happen to the woman's husband. ... The woman has some risk at not being able to get pregnant again, especially if it is her first pregnancy. ... It would probably reduce a percentage of unwanted pregnancies. ...

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They argue that the right of the unborn fetus to live supersedes the right of a woman to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. ... People who have committed the sexual deed should therefore be fully aware of the chances of procreation for the process of human lives is involved in pregnancy. ... On the other hand, since some pregnancies are not planned, they can be considered to be nothing more than a life-altering mistake. ... "Those who advocate choice say the decision of whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term rests with each individual woman and is private in nature" ...

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A pro-choice person would feel that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mothers and the government has no right to interfere. ... Pro-choicers wonder how anyone can tell a woman that she can't abort an embryo/fetus to interrupt a pregnancy if it is a result of rape or incest? ... My personal belief is that each woman has the right to decide whether she wants to abort an unwanted pregnancy. ... In the world today, pregnancy often has unfortunate effects on adolescents. ... It can be unsafe for young teenagers to go through with pregnancy, they can die because their bodies aren...

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In summary, the ideas of this group are that abortion is permissible in the early months of pregnancy when the fetus hardly resembles a baby at all. ... In the final months of pregnancy, abortion seems to be wrong and immoral. ... I do not believe the fetus is a human until the middle months of pregnancy where the fetus begins to resemble a person. ... Also, rape and incest pregnancies serve as another argument. ... Meaning that every woman should be given the right to decide whether or not she would like to continue through the pregnancy or abort the fetus. ...

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It is crucial that development takes place at the right time during these three periods, because if they don't, there may be complications with the mother's pregnancy. ... During the last two months of pregnancy the foetus increases in weight by just under an ounce daily. ... One of the maternal factors that may adversely affect the development of an embryo/foetus is if the mother does not exercise moderately during pregnancy. ... Some teratogenic factors that can adversely affect the development are if the mother takes drugs, illegal or prescribed, alcohol or if a disease is pres...

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