The issues surrounding abortion strike questions based on ethics, morals, emotions, and law. There are many alternative perspectives from which people can approach the legality and morality of abortion. ... A major question which strikes at the heart of abortion legality and morality is: When is an embryo considered a life or human being? ... The amendment states that, "No person or state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law" (475 US Constitution). ... Although the law has set boundaries on when a fetus should be considered a ci...

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Morality is the "differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good or right and those that are bad or wrong.... Like our conscience, our morality is heavily influenced by our family, friends, background/culture, religion and society's views on certain issues. ... The main decision lies in the hand of the mother as she has to make an informed choice based on the development of her conscience and morality whether to end the life of her child or not, her decision may be influenced by her surroundings such as her partner, parents and society. ... Nowadays ...

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For centuries prior to 1800 the key to the common law's attitude towards abortion had been a phenomenon associated with normal gestation as quickening. ... The common law did not formally recognize the existence of a fetus in criminal cases until it had quickened. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. ... Every one of the laws passed between 1821 and 1841 punished only the "person" who administered the abortifacients or performed the operation; none punished the wo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For centuries prior to 1800 the key to the common law's attitude towards abortion had been a phenomenon associated with normal gestation as quickening. ... The common law did not formally recognize the existence of a fetus in criminal cases until it had quickened. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. ... Every one of the laws passed between 1821 and 1841 punished only the "person" who administered the abortifacients or performed the operation; none punished the wo...

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The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. Ten states and one federal territory during that period enacted legislation that for the first time made certain kinds of abortions explicit statute offenses rather than leaving the common law to deal with them. ... Every one of the laws passed between 1821 and 1841 punished only the "person" who administered the abortifacients or performed the operation; none punished the woman herself in any way. The laws were aimed, in other words, a...

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"Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it. ... Knowing that the child has a heartbeat and is a live, women should be penalized for getting an abortion because she is basically killing a living being, which is against the law. ...

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