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. ....

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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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate