Therefore the United States have a mandate to ensure that this right is enjoyed by all the people in a nation. ... This essay discusses Zimbabwe's laws, policies and social stance in relation to sexual and reproductive rights and unpacks how they impact on human rights. ... " Statistics presented in the media have shown that over 70 000 backstreet, unsafe abortions are taking place in Zimbabwe. ... Society frowns upon women that are known to have undergone abortions. ... This is a step in the positive direction as 58% suggests the possibility that there are a number of Zimbabweans t...

• Word Count: 2768
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Granted, it would be ideal if the girls thought of these consequences before having sex, but neglecting the possible consequences of one's actions should not have lead to irreversible less desirable outcomes. ... The humiliation a young girl feels when she is forced to tell her parents that not only has she had sex, but that she is in fact pregnant is more than enough to push a lot of them over the edge. ... According to the Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, "Minors who do not involve their parents are disproportionately older and employed." ... That is what this bill does. ....

• Word Count: 1616
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Not uncommonly today do we see laws and ballot initiatives being passed that, in their desired goal to protect fetal life, relegate the pregnant woman to citizens with less than full moral standing. ... Which is to say, the treacherous message to women is: we expect you to carry the fetus to term whether you want to or not because we value the fetus more than we value your freedom and therefore you do not have full moral standing. ... The same authors have identified 380 more similar cases since 2005 which some say believe indicate a "seismic shift " in how state laws are hostile to women...

• Word Count: 1048
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the topic of abortion being a "hot-button" issue, its important to consider how different variables will affect a persons view. ... I will elaborate on the study findings in the Results section, and will document how these results strengthen my hypotheses in the Conclusion. ... For instance, same-sex marriage, a highly controvertible topic, has a larger group of supporters within the millennial and generation-x age groups when compared to the views of baby boomers and veterans (Desmond, 2012). ... I have stated a few interpretations as to why I believe this hypothesis. ... The data f...

• Word Count: 1648
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... Quickening generally occurred during the mid-point of gestation, late in the fourth or early in the fifth month, though it would and still does vary a good deal from one woman to another (pg.3). ... Every person who shall, willfully and maliciously, administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by, any person or persons, any deadly poisons, or other noxiou...

• Word Count: 4259
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... Quickening generally occurred during the mid-point of gestation, late in the fourth or early in the fifth month, though it would and still does vary a good deal from one woman to another (pg.3). ... Every person who shall, willfully and maliciously, administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by, any person or persons, any deadly poisons, or other noxiou...

• Word Count: 4179
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. ... Every person who shall, willfully and maliciously, administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by, any person or persons, any deadly poisons, or other noxious and destructive substance, within an intention him/her/them, thereby to murder, or thereby to cause or procure the miscarriage of any woman, then being quick with child, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall suffer imprisonment, in the newgate prison, during his natural life, or for such other terms as the court having cognizance...

• Word Count: 3983
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate