... in back allies. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist. Scientific research has successfully shown that abortion causes many psychological side effects( mental). It leaves the woman with many strong feelings about their ... Central and Northern Arizona, at: http://www.ppcna.org/abortfaq.html "Mental Health Risks of Abortion,"" http://www.wprc.org/abortion/emotion.html "Roe v. Wade,"" Microsoft ® Encarta ® Online Encyclopedia 2003 http://encar...

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... the uterine wall (about 14 days after conception), but before the fetus is possibly capable of surviving on its own. (currently 20 to 28 weeks from conception). According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has defined abortion as occurring before the 20th week (134th day) of gestation. There are two types of abortions: Accidental abortion: a termination ... ...

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... complete the abortion. (J. M. 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. Copyright © 2001 Columbia University Press.) . Therefore, it is clear that there exist several medical techniques for aborting an unborn child. However, the Pro- Life and Pro- Choice controversy ... ...

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... .org/abortion/index.asp http://www.prolifeinfo.org/risk007.html http://:www.roevwade.org/statements.html http://:www.prolifeinfo.org/art35.html http://:www.prolifeinfo.org/news124.html World Book Encyclopedia ...

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... is a reason for it. They said that if I was taken off life-support that I would be aborting my baby. I would love to shout out to them that according to the Encyclopedia Britannica the definition of abortion is : The expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in humans about the 20th week of gestation). An ... ...

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... allies. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims o append incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist. Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I hadn't had ... staff give her an abortion, and not the right to sell sexual services, or do drugs, or gamble? Or, for that matter, why can't she own and carry guns, keep all of the money she earns on her job, et cetera? Why is her right to privately control every other aspect of her life ...

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... to walk around with a nine month reminder of what happened to her? What about a teenage girl, whose birth control didn't work? Should she have to drop out of school to carry this baby? People need to be realistic when confronting the issue of abortion. Not everyone practices abstinence. Not everyone is ready to have, or even ... carry a baby. Until we have 100% effective birth control available, abortion should not even be considered for banning. I share this belief,Abortion is, in many cases, simply a necessary evil. A decision that ... our society. No one should be able to tell a pe...

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... abortion after twenty-eight weeks. These authors are against it when it comes to the health and life of the mother and fetus for allowing them to carry the term of pregnancy up to that amount of weeks. Then again they have thoughts about it if the mother wants more than one child, because in ... than abortion should be permitted. I"m all against this late abortion because you go up to twenty-eight weeks before your last chance to abort. I feel that if you carry a baby for that long then you should go ahead and have it. I don't agree with the fact on how a country only wants a woman to ha...

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... was no planning involved for the pregnancy or if it was under conditions beyond her control, she may not have the desire to keep the baby. She can choose to carry the baby to term and be unhappy or she has the option to abort the baby. Abortion is an operation or other intervention to end a pregnancy by removing an embryo ... would not be an easy choice no matter the situation. Although there are many different views on abortion sometimes it may not be the best scenario for the woman to carry a baby to term, and her happiness would outweigh all consequences. Under utilitarianism theory,...

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... /incest victims become pregnant" (Rectos). Therefore women are using the rape case as an easy way to get an abortion. The women in these situations do not want to carry the fetus that was forced upon her. Having to carry the child for 9 months would be a reminder of how she became pregnant. It could mentally destroy a woman to be forced to ... carry the child of her rapist. Due to the Roe v. Wade case abortion is considered legal, so women have to the right to choose abortion or not. But as stated before, ... ...

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... the United States. In life you can't always chose what happens to you and being raped is one of them. Abortion should be legal because a woman should not have to carry a baby in her if it is not what she wants and not by her consent. Making abortion legal will help a lot of woman because they won't have to get an ... abortion illegally. Being raped is something that you don't want to remember, you want to try to forget about it any way possible and having to carry a baby for 9 months will not help anyone forget about the rape. People have their own opinions about abortion and some say t...

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... the right not to be killed" ("Ethics" 329). They argue that the right of the unborn fetus to live supersedes the right of a woman to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. Teachings and lessons from religious faiths also contribute greatly in fighting abortion. "The Roman Catholic Church, and many other Christian fundamentalist organizations, are involved in the anti ... be the only one with a choice and a say in the matter. The woman should know what is best for her and since she is the one who will have to carry and have the child, she should have the right to choose whet...

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... is free to make and is covered under the 14th Amendment (Jussim 41). Even though these women have been given the right, the case is not closed. Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to advocate their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in some known instances. Abortion not only arouses passionate opinions ... . Seven people have died as a result of anti-abortion attacks, and there have been hundreds of incidents of vandalism of abortion clinics. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand, also carry very strong points. They beli...

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... to get an abortion. You could possibly put a condition on this situation where the rapist must be convicted. Then you would get into problems where the mother would have to carry a child until the trial and verdict was final, which could be a very long and unpleasant process. Then there would be situations where maybe a women couldn't get a conviction, yet she was ... raped but still has to carry the child. There are many problem spots in this theory because there are so many different things that affect each individual rape case. Very few rape cases are cut n" dry ... without the moth...

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... accepted in the early months of pregnancy prior to quickening. However, in the 19th century opinion about abortion changed, when medical community realized the growing of midwives who did not carry a medical degree, and campaigned to illegalize such practices. In 1869 the Roman Catholic Church prohibited abortion under any circumstances. In England and in the United States in the 19th century ... in back allies. It would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their ...

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... and it would also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of rape and incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist. Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my ... human lives, they are not, at present, generally capable of surviving outside their mothers until the third trimester. Many women in this country conceive and, for natural reasons, fail to carry the baby to term, but we do not regard these "natural abortions...

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... right. Induced abortion in many cases is necessary because pregnancy can severely impact the health of some women. There are women who have health issues that affect their capacity to carry a child. Women with Diabetes, for example, are at high risk of having a pregnancy that threatens their life. They may experience high blood pressure that can kill them and their unborn ... have high-risk pregnancies. But if a woman knows that her pregnancy will not be successful or can kill her, she should have the right to decide whether she wants to carry it. One has to objectively make decisions. ...

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... weeks later she finds out she is pregnant, she doesn't have many options besides adoption, keeping the child and abortion. Keeping the child or adoption would force this woman to carry a child that was conceived out of malicious intent for 9 months and having to face that her nightmare over and over again, to her it may seem that abortion is the ... only way to carry on a somewhat normal life, who is any to tell this woman that she has to live with the choice that someone else made for her? What if this woman was ... ...

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... or mental) will be damaged to a greater extent than if she proceeded with the pregnancy. Social factors are also considered when doctors are making their decision. The doctor will then carry out a pelvic examination on the woman to determine the stage of her pregnancy, and discuss the options for termination and the risks involved. The doctor will send this request to ... the nearest hospital or clinic, which will then make an appointment for the termination to be performed. Sometimes the hospital or clinic will carry out an ultrasound to confirm the length of the pregnancy....

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... the 14th Amendment in the United States constitution women have been given the choice of abortion. Even though abortion may be legalized, the case is not closed. Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to push their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in many instances. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand ... , also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside them is their property and its life doesn't begin until birth. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as ... ...

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... this controversy is not in protecting women's health, but in preventing women from exercising their legal right to choose abortion. Peroration: There can be signs of sympathy for people who carry out with their abortion yet at the same time there also must be support to the women who go through with the process. This isn't the easiest decision women can ... relying on all of its parts to make it a strong view. With this in mind the ability of the rhetor's showing of tropes is seen as metaphors and synecdoche. Both carry different meanings such as synecdoche refers to the substitution of...

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... if it is an unwanted pregnancy for social and/or financial reasons or if there are medical circumstances with the child and/or the mother. A woman may be unable to carry the child or there may be congenital defects and the child would not be able to live afterbirth. The child may have genetic irregularities, such as Down syndrome. The parents ... the procedure 56% of women experienced a sense of guilt about having had an abortion and 26% said they mostly regret the abortion." (Dube 24). Sometimes, women have abortions and then carry such guilt with them that when they do want to become ...

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... your own. A child that you have conceived should have just as much equal rights as anybody else. Second, If two people had sex and the woman got pregnant she should carry the baby to term and then give it up for adoption. Third, when a women has been raped and she gets pregnant it's a terrible thing, but no need in killing the ... be driven to self-induced abortions. Versus wealthy people who can afford an illegal abortion. Finally, is every child wanted? No, and women think that if they are forced to carry this baby till its born, they will not love it, take care of it, and even someti...

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... opinion that it's a women's right to have an abortion. Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Even though these people have been given the right, the case is not closed. Pro-life activists carry a strong argument, and continue to push their beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken out in some known instances. Pro-choice activists, on the other ... hand, also carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside them is their property and it's life doesn't be until birth. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as ... ...

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... she wants to without being made to feel like a monster by people who have no idea what she's going through. Adoption isn't always the best solution and forcing a woman to carry a child isn't always good either because women need to have control of their own bodies. People say that women can just put their child up for adoption, and yes they ... can. However, if that's the only option that women are given, I can see many problems. Women would be forced to carry what might be an unwanted child. Then, during the pregnancy, what's suppose to prevent the woman from using drugs? Women might e...

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