The main concern for pro-life advocates is that women may use abortion as another form of birth control. They feel that women instead of using condoms or birth control pills will use abortions. ... The pro-choice argument can be extended farther, that a woman's right to control her body overrides any claim made by the fetus. ... As of September year two thousand there was a drug approved by the Food and Drug Association (FDA), this drug is Mifepristone (RU-486). ... The new medication to the battle of abortion is RU 486 (Mifepristone) and Misoprostol, together these drugs are named Mifepr...

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The recent approval of the drug RU-486 will also change the abortion game forever. The drug allows a woman to perform an abortion at home, and because of this drug the pro-life and pro-choice tension has escalated. ... - Many people argue that a woman should have full control over her body. ... At a minimum, I would ague that a woman should have control over this period of spontaneous abortion (usually lasting until week 13 or 15 of the pregnancy) by deciding whether she wants to choose an elective abortion." ...

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Only 28 percent of the abused girls used birth control the first time they engaged in intercourse compared to 74 percent of girls in the general population (Malika Saada Saar 1). ... The effects of alcohol and drugs on teenagers are yet another contributing effect that causes teen pregnancy in the US. ... Comprehensive sex education programs stress abstinence in order to avoid unintended pregnancies and STD's however it also conveys complete and medically accurate information about contraception and ways of birth control. ... In order for adolescents to gain accurate and helpful informati...

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Secondly, minors are currently allowed to seek confidential medical treatment for many other more serious conditions such as alcohol and drug abuse. ... "Adult guidance may be preferable in the proper circumstances, but adult control is not" (). Currently, a minor (male of female) is able to receive confidential medical treatment for mental health conditions, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. It is ridiculous to require parental consent for a procedure that is a safe as an abortion is, yet allowing kids with alcohol and drug addictions to receive treatment without ...

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Muldoon, The Abortion Debate in the United States and Canada: A Source Book )The "abortion pill,"" the drug RU-486 (mifepristone), was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States in 2000. ... A second drug is taken two days later to start uterine contractions and complete the abortion. ... Riddle, Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance) The drugs methotrexate and misoprostol have also been used experimentally to end early pregnancies.( The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. ... Therefore, the right of the unborn to ...

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The birth-control pill is highly effective when taken correctly but still runs a risk of failure. ... During the first few weeks of a pregnancy, the drug RU 486 can be taken which will generate a miscarriage. ... If no other birth control is used, the chance of pregnancy is greatly increased. ... Another popular form of birth control is the contraceptive pill. ... Most of these oblivious teenagers will still have sex whether a form of birth control is used or not so I believe that there should be more places for sexually active teenagers to go to obtain birth control or information about it. ...

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We believe that the right of women to control their own fertility is a fundamental human right. ... The National Abortion Campaign advocates the basic right of women to control their own fertility; they say that women have a full right to chose when they want to have children. ... Euthanasia, at the moment is illegal throughout the world apart from in the State of Oregon in USA, where there is a law specifically allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for the purpose of euthanasia. ... Some of the pain caused by terminal illness cannot be controlled, even with the strongest of drugs and b...

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Today the abortion issue has become a conflict over whether the unborn should have the same rights as the born, or whether a woman's rights to control her life and body include the right to end the unwanted pregnancy. ... In Illinois, a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for delivering a controlled substance to a minor. (The Law: The Supreme Court) Abortion should be available as a legal right to all women who request it because there is no perfect contraceptive or birth control program. ...

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Today the abortion issue has become a conflict over whether the unborn should have the same rights as the born, or whether a woman's rights to control her life and body include the right to end the unwanted pregnancy. ... In Illinois, a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for delivering a controlled substance to a minor. (The Law: The Supreme Court) Abortion should be available as a legal right to all women who request it because there is no perfect contraceptive or birth control program. ...

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Even though they need to control the amount of people it shouldn't be forced upon women to make the decision without proper planning. ... The U.S. government should lend a helping hand by educating and sending birth control supplies. Educating them would be the most important thing because women in china believe that by using contraceptives such as birth control pills and condoms it will put their family and reputation in shame. ... Knowing that this drug is hazardous to the baby's health it is still inserted into the soft spot on the baby's head so that as he or she is being de...

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Humans do not have the right or the power to control the quality of life and to avoid suffering. ... (Mathewes-Green, 1991) Abortion becomes especially evil when the bond between mother and child is broken and it is being used as an alternative birth control when humans cannot control their irresponsible sexual hungers. ... Statistics show that 92% feel less in touch with their emotions or feel a need to suppress their emotions. 82% had greater feelings of loneliness or isolation and 86% had increased tendency toward anger or rage. 53% increased or began the use of drugs and or alcohol....

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They do not take illegal drugs or use tobacco products. ... Issues such as birth control, divorce and remarriage, dancing, and some others are left up to the individual. The church does not condone birth control or divorce and remarriage, but they do not condemn it either. ...

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Abortion is being used as a method of birth control, which was proved in a study done by the Lancet magazine February 1995, pg. 300 that 245 of teenagers aged seventeen to nineteen have undergone induced abortions. ... Humans do not have the right or the power to control the quality of life and to avoid suffering. ... (www.americancapitalism/nationalism.html) If the mother took drugs illegally, and it caused the child's death, she could be charged with murder because she deliberately killed the child by endangering it. ...

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Merz explains additional methods which include vacuum aspiration, dilation and curettage, and drug based abortion. Drug based abortion consists of the morning after pill and misoprostol. ... Using Abortion as birth control is wrong. ...

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Merz explains additional methods which include vacuum aspiration, dilation and curettage, and drug based abortion. Drug based abortion consists of the morning after pill and misoprostol. ... Using Abortion as birth control is wrong. ...

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On November 26, 2012, the supreme court ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the controversial Affordable Care Act law and whether it unconstitutionally forces taxpayers to fund abortions and birth control, violating religious freedoms. ... The Affordable Care Act is forcing Christians to purchase an insurance policy that provides their employees with free access to contraceptive and abortion drugs that they would not have had otherwise (Mccormack). This rule puts religious employers in the position of having to choose between providing their workers with free access to those ...

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He often turns to alcohol and drugs to dull the pain of knowing he participated in or was too "weak" to prevent the death of his unborn baby (abortion). ... A woman has total control over the decision to abort their baby, leaving the father no legal recourse. This lack of control regarding a critical, life-impacting decision often generates considerable resentment and mistrust towards women (abortion). As a result of a previous experience, they do not want to be put into another situation where another pregnancy may occur and they have no control of the outcome. ...

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Teenagers who become sexually active at a younger age are at a greater risk primarily because young teens are less likely to use birth control. ... Poor eating habits, smoking, alcohol and drugs increase the risk of having a baby with health problems (Johnson, 1995). ... Low birthweight babies may have immature organ systems (brains, lungs, and heart), difficulty controlling body temperature and blood sugar levels, and a high risk of dying in early infancy that is much higher than that of normal weight babies (five and one-half pounds or more) (Calhoun, 1995). ... Researchers say that the...

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The "abortion pill" or drug known as Mifepriston is also given to patients in order to expel the fetus resulting in an abortion. ... Liberals feel that the woman has the rights to her own body, and shouldn't have to risk her own health and that birth control is not always effective, especially not in the case of a rape. ...

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Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. Abortions must be done before the end off six months, or the fetus will leave the womb and it would be considered a premature birth. There are two types of abortions. One is spontaneous and the othe...

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Abortion Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? That is a big question that a lot of Catholics are asked. But what do they really mean? What are the factors that distinguish each of them? You may think that pro-choice means that you are for the mothers choice, but you know what, if the mother has an abortion...

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Approval of the drug RU486 will forever change abortion in America. ... Anti-choice: Derogatory term used to refer to pro-life advocates, implying that their prime motivation is to control women and restrict their freedom. ... Their motivation is to give women choice in controlling their own bodies. ...

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This being is programmed from within, moving forward in a self-controlled, ongoing process of growth, development, and replacement of his or her own dying cells. ... There are three types of abortions those that invade the uterus and kill the child by instruments which enter the uterus through the cervix; those that kill the pre-born child by administration of drugs and then induce labor and the delivery of a dead baby; and, those that invade the uterus by abdominal surgery. ...

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