The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly known as "The Affordable Care Act" (ACA) or "Obama Care," is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. ... This in fact, nestled within the individual mandate in the Act, the portion requiring every American to purchase government – approved insurance or pay a penalty, is an abortion premium mandate. ... Jody Ward, a pro-life activist, expressed disappointment in the court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act including the requirement that Americans buy health insurance ...

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The act of rape or incest is the major emotional physical trauma to the young girl or woman. ... The House of Representatives pass a bill requiring doctors to give babies born during botched abortions the same care and protections as other babies. The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act, which was sponsored by Republican Charles T. ... This is a simple but critical bill designed to ensure that all infants who have been born alive are treated as persons who are entitled to the protections of federal law. ...

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In the European Journal of Social Sciences, it is stated that abortion is a selfish act only centered on the mother as an individual. ... Passing all other factors in the argument of abortion, the legal matter is that legal abortion is a choice it is not a forceful act upon which all women must abide by, but illegal abortion limits women's rights as mothers and all women must abide by it. The standing the United States has on abortion is one that is not fully pro-choice or pro-life, according to the Women's Choice and Reproductive Health Protection Act of 1995 - "The 1973 Suprem...

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"Then, the Court established that the word "person" as used in the due process clause and in other provisions of the Constitution did not include the unborn, and therefore the unborn lacked federal constitutional protection " (Justia 1). The government needs to abrogate any idea of making abortions illegal and act as the arbiter of the situation by letting abortion remain legal. ... Taking away these rights and putting women on the same level as slaves and clusters of cells does not fully encompass the rights of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. Embry...

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If schools step in to help accommodate the protection needs of teenagers, the statistic of teenage pregnancy is predicted to drop dramatically. ... Teenage males have the ability to go into a convenience store and purchase condoms in an effort to prevent pregnancy, but teenage girls have to go through their parents to gain access to a more reliable form of protection. ... Rather than act self-righteous and drag teenagers into culture wars, people need to realize that when kids debate whether they should have sex, they focus on how it will affect their relationship, not on caring about all the...

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Abortion is not the answer; it is simply a selfish act to avoid your own responsibilities. ... Abortion is an intentional violent act that kills an unborn baby. ... In 1967, "The Abortion Act" was passed; it permitted the termination of pregnancies subject to certain conditions. ... The last law to be passed was called "The Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990." ... I believe that inside a woman's womb, a human being is undergoing the process of growth and development and is entitled to the protection of the law. ...

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Abortion in the second degree is when a person performs an abortional act while not adhering to the legal means of abortion, such as not being a licensed physician. ... Abortion in the first degree is when a person, weather a licensed physician or not, performs an abortional act after the first twenty-four weeks of a pregnancy when the mothers life is not in danger. ... Self-abortion in the first degree is when a woman who is past the first twenty-four weeks of her pregnancy administers an abortional act upon herself. ... The only thing that has changed with the legality of abortion is that th...

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Now she is able to have the privilege of speaking to others about this misfortunate act. ... Christians have the crucial duty to speak out in protection of human life, especially innocent human life. ... We somehow believe the sacrifice of a few in rape and incest is the price we have to pay to obtain protections for the majority. ...

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Many advocates of abortion say that it should be legal because the baby is not really a human being deserving legal protection, and it is fine under certain circumstances. ... Therefore, his statement is strongly suggesting that abortion is wrong because it is an act of murder that shouldn't be committed. ... This suggests that more and more women in England and Wales are submitting themselves to the act of abortion. ... For example in the UK, the 1967 Abortion Act was introduced with the aim of reducing the risks to women of unsafe abortion practices at disreputable clinics. ... An unlo...

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According to pro-life supporters, the unborn child is entrusted to the protection and care of the mother carrying it and yet the majority of the time it is the mother herself who makes the choice of whether or not the child should be aborted. ... Rape is a violent act received by a woman. ... Abortion, no matter the reason, is a violent act received by an unborn child from the woman carrying it. ...

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In 1967 David Steel introduced a bill, which became the abortion act. ... Also they might ask Parliament for the repeal of the Abortion Act 1967 and its replacement by a statue, so that the unborn child can have protection. ...

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I think that the government should do as much as possible to let people know and understand the act they are committing and the effect that it will have to them. ... It is the only decision that provides protection for those who are making the huge decision for justifiable causes. ...

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This decision established a woman's right to seek an abortion and prohibited states from making abortion a criminal act " (Ginsberg, Lowi & Weir, 141). ... No state shall make or enforce a law which shall bridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the US nor shall a state deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" (Ginsberg, Lowi & Weir, 114), which is argued many times in the case. ...

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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law: nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws (U.S. ... "Abortion is a mother's act. It is an act of sacrifice, love, power, and necessity... ... The anti-abortion extremists are not God nor should they act like him. ...

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" The authors do in fact completely miss a premise that could easily serve as justification to their aforementioned claim: the act of abortion denies the child of rights which protects them from the abuses of arbitrary power, by both the state and other individuals. ...

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