One reason we decided to simplify things was because of the consequences we were facing, pregnancy. ... For example in today's society there is the high possibility of a sexually transmitted disease, torn emotions from one night stands, letting down friends and family, and ultimately pregnancy. ... Pregnancy is not necessarily a bad consequence if you are mature enough and prepared, however my girlfriend and I were neither. As days passed and the reality of pregnancy grew greater and greater for us we then realized that we were not invincible, and that we were not ready for the decisi...

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Not only can its future life be expectedly happy, it might also be the case that the abortion itself is painful, particularly if it occurs later in the pregnancy. ... According to some studies, having a baby appears to decrease the happiness in a relationship - even in those cases where the pregnancy is desired. ... Non-religious criteria include when we first take the human form when our organs become differentiated, and when the fetus can survive outside the womb (both around the seventh month of pregnancy). ... It is the mother's body that is affected by the pregnancy, and it is her em...

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Abortion is scientifically defined as the termination of a pregnancy after contraception which involves destruction of the embryo or foetus. ... Although it is not an ideal thing to do, but abortions are said to be morally acceptable in situations where the mother's life is in danger due to the pregnancy. ... For example, if a child has serious deformities, some may say the pregnancy can be terminated; however this must be done before the soul is breathed into the child ( first 120 days or four months). ... The act It states if the woman is under 24 weeks pregnant she can have an abortion...

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A woman might prefer to have one set of identical twins, rather than go through two separate pregnancies to minimize disruption to her career, or she might prefer to only have to endure the discomfort of a single pregnancy. ...

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When, if ever, is it right to terminate a pregnancy? ... This approach claims that in almost all cases the mother has the right to terminate a pregnancy, at any time and for any reason. ... In her article, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, she writes that " A women's right to protect her health, happiness, freedom, and even her life, by terminating an unwanted pregnancy, will always override whatever right to life it may be appropriate to ascribe to a foetus, even a fully developed one."" ... The weaknesses in Warren's argument are that if we support the notion that ...

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Since the fetus cannot live outside its mother until the completion of the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy, removal of a nonviable fetus from the womb is the equivalent of destroying it (Higgins)."" ... The case had been filed by "Jane Roe," an unmarried woman who wanted to safely and legally end her pregnancy. ... In its ruling, the Court recognized for the first time that the constitutional right to privacy "is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy"- (PPWS). ... Wade relies on the premise that a fetus has no rights and that a woman has...

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Abortion Abortion is the induced termination of pregnancy before the embryo or fetus is capable of survival. ... The second is that abortion should be legal in extreme circumstances including the mother's health being in jeopardy, pregnancy due to a woman being raped, or evidence that the baby will be defected upon birth. ... Pro-choice advocates take situation like pregnancy due to rape, birth defects, and the mother's help into consideration when they argue that abortion should be legal. ...

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The moral status of abortion may be defined as the act which a woman performs in voluntarily terminating, or allowing another person to terminate, her pregnancy. ... "Abortion was not only a crime during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, abortion of early pregnancy was legal under common law. Abortions were illegal only after "quickening," the point at which a pregnant woman could feel the movements of the fetus (approximately the fourth month of pregnancy)." ...

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No pregnancy is unplanned because no baby can be conceived unless almighty God intends that conception and has willed that particular unique and completely individual new person into existence. ... In Favour: The groups that are in favour of abortion are mostly humanitarian groups that have their own point of view, according to the National Abortion Campaign: "The decision to terminate pregnancy is so important that it can only be made by the person most involved- the women. ... We think there will probably always be a certain number unplanned pregnancies and that the mother concerned should...

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Research has shown that lower WHR indicates high fertility; this is because the fat is distributed optimally, and this allows a female to carry a healthy pregnancy (Dixson, 2009). ... Human beings are unlike any other primate in the fact that female's breasts enlarge during puberty, prior to their first pregnancy (Geary, 2002). ... Men have a preference for women with average to large breasts, so it is likely that the human uniqueness of growing breasts prior to pregnancy, has been shaped by male preference, and is therefore a product of inter-sexual selection (Geary, 2002). ...

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In our modern day world, the technology of genetic engineering and human cloning for the use of asexual reproduction has reached a point to where we must ask ourselves if it is a good practice for medical purposes, or if it presents issues of ethical and moral concern. Human cloning is a very com...

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(Holisticmed.com) Research in animals has shown that sucralose can cause many problems in rats, mice, and rabbits, such as: shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage), enlarged liver and kidneys, atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus, increased cecal weight, reduced growth rate, decreased red blood cell count, hyperplasia of the pelvis, extension of the pregnancy period, aborted pregnancy, decreased fetal body weights and placental weights, and diarrhea....

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Cloning Is cloning ethical? The majority of the world would say no but the medical research possibilities associated with it are endless. In 1997 when Dolly the lamb was born we began to think, "Wow if it's possible to clone an animal why not a human in the futur...

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Some of the reasons for such a change in modern society can be attributed to the decline and then rise in marriage ages in the post-World War II period; increases in premarital sex, cohabitation, and premarital pregnancy; the heterogeneous pattern of venues in which married couples first met; the rise in female employment aspirations and actual work experience; the growing trend of residential independence for young people prior to marriage; the decline in religious "matching" in marriage over time; the level of religious vs. civil marriages; the decline in marriage quality and problems over t...

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Hollywood is the place where imagination comes to life, even if it will never be possible or quite frankly, against the law. Human cloning is good example of what is seen in movies. As people dwelled on the thought, especially after Dolly the sheep was born, it has become a realistic issue that is s...

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The right to life exists in all humans; it is the essence of human existence and bound to a human's nature. An abortion is when an unborn child is killed when that child is still in the womb. Understanding this, does an unborn child have the right to life or may those who have conceived this innocen...

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Prison can be a very cruel place to be, but what is inhumane can be the way how inmates are being treated. Even though it is justice to punish the ones who commit the crime but how far would we punish to consider it to be justice? The idea on how we should punish inmates can be a very hard question ...

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A novel can be judged in many ways for many things. One of these things is the relevance of its theme, not only to the time period of the book, but to the author's time period and the time period of the reader as well. For a book to have a lasting effect on society throughout the years, the reader o...

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