What would you advise a woman who is pregnant for the fifth time Whose husband suffers from syphilis and she suffers from tuberculoses, whose oldest child was born blind Whose second child died whose third child was born deaf That she should have an abortion? ... In other words, an unborn child is not able to make the decision whether to live or die, to be loved or a burden. ... Susan Borg (a writer and psychiatrist) said: "in case of selective abortion, there is a grief for a wanted child, worries about future pregnancies, ambivalence about abortion itself and guilt- terrible guilt." ... ...

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Pro-life activists believe that the unborn child has rights; the right to life and those rights should be protected. ... Pro-choice activists believe if a family is in financial trouble the child will be born into a life of poverty, suffering and inadequate living conditions; not only would the child suffer but the family as well. However, pro-life activist believe that just because a child will be raised in a family that has financial trouble doesn't mean that the child will be suffering or depressed; the child can live a normal life. ... Abortions were illegal only after quickening, w...

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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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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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According to the Guttmacher Institute's Facts on American Teen's Sexual and Reproductive Health it is stated that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, an astonishingly high percentage which accounts for around one fifth of the unplanned pregnancies each year. ... Family structure, age at first intercourse, future goals child sexual abuse, and underage alcohol abuse are all factors that lead to a vast amount of teenage pregnancies in o...

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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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