The US abortion rate is similar to those of Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden but higher than those of other Western European countries (CDC). In 2008, the abortion rates in US was higher than recent rates reported for Canada and Western European countries and lower than rates reported for China, Cuba, the majority of Eastern European countries (CDC). ... For me, even the thought of abortion makes me feel sick. ... Whenever I thought of abortion I always knew it would never be an option for me. ...

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Some children during recess time would come to me, especially girls, just to talk with me over some of their happiest moments and sometimes even tell me what they dislike in school or with their parents. ... There is a social issue in which is very important to me is teenage pregnancy. ... Teenage girls getting pregnant to some nations it is just a contemporary social issue, but to me it is a very big issue. ... Abortion to me is an act of selfishness and immaturity because you are basically murdering a human being and that you are not taking responsibility when you have caused a problem. ... ...

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These are only my views and I know a lot of people strongly disagree with me, I know the class do, and I appreciate their opinions, and can see some sense in what they say. Lastly I believe that going to jail is not a strong enough punishment, and isn't a strong enough deterrent, as you can see by Britain's crime rate. ...

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Imprisonment and death are likely to affect the crime rate by deterring others. ... Defining deterrence isn't whether the executions produce lower murder rates, but that they produce fewer murders than if the death penalty did not exist. For example, the state of Delaware executes more people per capita (1/87,500) than any other state and has a murder rate 16 times lower than Washington D.C. and Washington has the highest violent crime rate in the United States. ... Does the threat of this severe punishment really cause a violent individual to stop and say "Hey, if I do this is the gover...

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Through research and analysis, it has come to my attention when reading an article from the American Journal of Public Health called "The Relationship between Gun Ownership and Stranger and Non-stranger Firearm Homicide Rates in the United States, 1981-2010," that gun ownership should be restricted. ... The main purpose of this argument was to address the readers that if they were to restrict the ability if firearms in a household, would it really increase the rate of homicides in the U.S or if it would save more lives if they didn't restrict gun ownership. ... In addition to th...

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Some people say "I"m against the death penalty, but if someone murders someone close to me. ... Me myself, I"m for the death penalty, but it depends on the severity of the crime. ... The problems they have seem bigger, I"m sure that if the states had say 10 million people and not 200 million they would have the same crime/murder rates as Sweden/Finland/Holland/Belgium etc. ...

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To me those who assist in the death penalty are partners in crime. ... This has drawn me to have a whole different view of the death penalty. ... I also feel that the death penalty lowers the murder rate and saves money compared to the alternative of life in prison. ...

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I learned that the crime rates decreases and you'd be more comfortable living in that country considering the fact that there's a capital punishment to scare murderers, rapists, kidnappers and bad people away. ... I've Googled mostly on criminal profiles and let me tell you that it was not a pretty sight. ...

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Opponents of the death penalty argue that it is not a deterrent, due to the fact that in some states where capital punishment is the law, crime rates continue to go up. ... We know that crime rates have been increasing for some time. ... Rare is the criminal that says, give me death. ...

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People often say "if that happened to me I would want the person dead no if's and's or but's". ... However, crime rates tend to be lower in states that do not employ the death penalty. In fact, 10 out of 12 states without the death penalty have crime rates below the national average (Bonner 2000). ...

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This fact is true today only because of the rate at which prisoners are being executed is minuscule. If crime was symbolized as a forest fire, the rate at which the death penalty is used to extinguish the fire would be compared to that of a water gun. ... This, to me, is not a tough call." ...

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The United States is now the world leader in its rate of incarceration. ... But it seems to me that there are some other reasons, apart from the material and affective, which can turn a child into a violent person, for example: social, psychological reasons (having been neglected or abused) etc. ... It seems to me that they would become more violent adults, as Jeffrey Fagan says in his report. ... It seems to me that rehabilitation carried out by experts in a strict and friendly place in order to make them conscious of what they have done should be enough punishment. ...

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