... sure that my wife needs to have her papers that say that she is not infected with any viruses or diseases. Aids also added a new twist in today's teenage population. (Chuck Morse, The Sex Education Fraud, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/732555/posts) Aids afflict about a million Americans. Teenagers in the U.S. are contracting aids faster than any other groups in ... the world. 200,000 teens in the United States have been diagnosed with aids. (Chuck Morse, The Sex Education Fraud, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/732555/posts) Alone out of the 200,000 50% have died. The dis...

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... heart lining, skin sores and congested lungs. Like other drugs, heroin causes more miscarriages, premature babies, and more stillbirths. Many babies exposed to heroin, if they are not miscarried or born a stillbirth, die after birth They are five to ten more times likely to die of SIDS. If they live, they usually do not like to be held or comforted and ... have severe brain damage. Babies exposed to heroin can also die of withdrawal symptoms because they are born addicted. Withdrawal symptoms include: diarrhea, cramps, chills , sweating, vomiting, fever, seizures, uneasiness, nausea, ru...

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... racial and genetic background. With these factors accounted for, the reductions in birth weight of infants born to smoking mothers range from forty to four hundred and thirty grams less than the birth weights of children born to nonsmoking mothers, with the average being two hundred grams, or seven ounces, less. Also, ... by the amount of cigarettes smoked a day. Eight percent of women who smoke one cigarette a day have babies with a low birth weight. Infants born to mothers who smoked while they were pregnant tend to remain below normal in height and weight. The lower the birth rate of ...

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Many have pondered upon the meaning of abortion. The argument being that every child born should be wanted, and others who believe that every child conceived should be born. This has been a controversial topic for years. Many people want to be able to decide the destiny of others. Abortion is the ... important possession is taken away. Abortion is not only a woman's right, it is a woman's choice. However, allowing abortion to be legal is immoral. A pre-born child is given the status of a product of pregnancy and never seen as the miracle only a woman can create. Compassion for the small one is...

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... . In some cases it has even been known to cause death. An estimated 40,000 to 375,000 babies that were exposed to drugs and alcohol were born with birth defects such as cleft pallet, heart murmurs, abnormalities in facial features, etc (Alcohol and drug related Birth Defects). These are facts and it has ... her priorities and the baby must come first. She is responsible to do whatever is necessary to keep the child inside her healthy and to make sure it is born as normal as humanly possible. This doesn't include drinking, smoking, or using drugs. Such behavior is unacceptable for a mother...

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... mothers with autoimmune thyroid disease were investigated to evaluate the impact of maternal thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum thyroid function. Infants born to healthy mothers at the same time were set as controls. Researchers also focused on identifying possible maternal, neonatal and environmental risk factors that cause early infertile thyroid dysfunction. The ... patients were 78 newborn infants delivered to mothers with autoimmune thyroid disease. Of those newborns 57 were born to mothers with Graves' Disease and 21 were born to mothers with Hashimoto thyroiditis...

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... decide? A woman is pregnant with her fifth child. She has tuberculosis, and her husband has syphilis. Their first child was born blind, the second child died at birth, the third child was born deaf and dumb, and the fourth child was born with tuberculosis. She is willing to have an abortion, if you think she should. Should she go ahead with the abortion ... a breech delivery. This is when the arms, legs, and torso are the only part delivered. This is a very crucial part in the abortion process because if the child is not born breech, and the head was to come out first, the abortion coul...

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... society. The term, "babies having babies", is so meaningful when looking at the problems that teen pregnancy can create for the baby being born to and raised by a teenage mother. Early sex education from parents, schools, and community will help decrease the teen pregnancy rate. Teenage girls ... teens (Chase-Lansdale 15). 78% of pregnancies are unplanned (Guttmacher 3). Six in ten pregnancies occur in eighteen-nineteen year olds (Guttmacher 3). Babies born to teen mothers in the United States are at risk (Chase-Lansdale 1). Long term problems appear in many major areas of life (Chase-L...

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... of the fetal gland are low; thus maternal thyroid hormones contribute to total fetal thyroid hormone concentrations until birth." When left untreated, children born to women with hypothyroidism have shown to have lower IQ than children born to healthy women. In addition to lower IQ scores, studies have also shown those children were at higher risk for neuropsychological development and learning ... increased placental transport. Other risks to the fetus from a mother with hypo or hyperthyroidism are premature birth and low birth weight. Preterm infants are babies that are born before 37...

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... is fine when the girl gets raped because she did not choose to get pregnant. Everyday, a child who is not even born yet is facing whether he or she will be born or not. Almost like flipping a coin, heads they're born, tails they die. There are approximately 42 million abortions in the world, every year. That's 42 million children who will never ... I was talking to my mom and she told me I was not supposed to be here. I asked what she meant by that and she told me that after my brother was born, she had surgery so she would not get pregnant anymore but somehow, I came along. She wanted ...

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... that it is not right to kill an unborn baby. Finally, abortion inflicts suffering on the unborn child and during the abortion process, the unborn child feels pain. All are born with the will to live and they deserve a chance at life. This points out that those who choose to have an abortion are painfully putting a child to death. If we ... only 134,00 US children were available to be adopted as of June 2002. The percentage of infants given up for adoption has declined from 9% of those born before 1973 to 1% of those born between 1996 and 2002 (Landmark Study Shows Vast Majority of Ameri...

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The novel, "The Diviners", was written by Margaret Laurence in 1974. Laurence is a well-known Canadian novelist and short story writer. She was born in 1926 in Neepawa, Manitoba and died in Lakefield near Peterborough, Ontario in 1987. Laurence was diagnosed with lung cancer, and rather than becoming what she believed would be a burden ... she was only nine years old. Laurence was raised by her aunt, who married her father one year after Laurence's mother had died. In 1952, Laurence's daughter Jocelynn was born. Son David was born three years later. Morag has one daughter too, Pique Gunn Ton...

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... that abortion is murder. Perhaps this swell of support against abortion is due to the realization that legal abortion has prohibited 35 million humans from being born . In her article, A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson offered a number of reasons to support abortion. She also used a number of ... as terminating a pregnancy which is dishonest. They also say that the fetus is only a 'potential' human being as if this fetus might be born as something other than a human being . They argue that the decision concerning abortion should be between the woman and her doctor but they fai...

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... is a very controversial topic that is hard to take a stand on. It is difficult to understand the loss of a fetus which hasn't been born. On the other hand, studies show that most unwanted pregnancies result in child abuse, whether it is physical or mental. There are also many cases ... in which the mother has no means to financially support her child. All of these infants, which are born to mothers who never wanted a pregnancy, have the odds set against them in the road of life. Abortion must be kept legalized in order to ... is the right course of action for them or not. There have be...

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... is a very controversial topic that is hard to take a stand on. It is difficult to understand the loss of a fetus which hasn't been born. On the other hand, studies show that most unwanted pregnancies result in child abuse, whether it is physical or mental. There are also many cases ... in which the mother has no means to financially support her child. All of these infants, which are born to mothers who never wanted a pregnancy, have the odds set against them in the road of life. Abortion must be kept legalized in order to ... is the right course of action for them or not. There have be...

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... very controversial topic that is hard to take a stand on. It is difficult to understand the loss of a fetus which hasn't been born. On the other hand, studies show that most unwanted pregnancies result in child abuse, whether it is physical or mental. There are also ... many cases in which the mother has no means to financially support her child. All of these infants, which are born to mothers who never wanted a pregnancy, have the odds set against them in the road of life. There have been many known acts of cruelty ... and neglect which are practiced upon innocent children born from m...

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... physical or mental abnormalities attributed to prenatal alcohol exposure. The most severe effects are described as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Fetal cohol syndrome describes a "pattern of abnormalities observed in children born to alcoholic mothers." Individuals with FAS are only a portion of individuals who are affected by in-utero exposure to alcohol. The most severe cases can be positively identi ed by ... from their mistakes. This has an impact on relationship with family and friends. Major behavioral difficulties are common, and these problems are not easily fixed. Many of these ...

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... view, abortion should be legalized in Thailand for two main reasons. Firstly, abortion can help prevent the children to have to be born in the cruel world where their family can't give them enough love and care. If a child is born in a family which is not ready for him, he will most likely to become a problem child and, sooner or later, be ... and it's against the belief of Buddhism. However, if we look at it in another angle, isn't it worse to let a child born into a world where no one wants him? Wouldn't the child suffer even more if he was born in the family that doesn't love or care...

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On any given day in the United States... 10,657 babies are born. (US Census Bureau). Twenty of these babies are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Twenty may seem as though it is not a lot, but when you compare it to the fact that this number is more than HIV positive, Muscular ... consume during pregnancy. FAS is, however, 100% preventable when a woman abstains from alcohol. FAS is the leading known cause of mental retardation. Approximately, one out of 750 live birth are born each year with FAS. (The Journal of American Medical Association, 1991) Thirty to 40% of the mothers who drink "heav...

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... . The most common and fastest growing STD among teenagers are syphilis and gonorrhea. It may affect skin, bones, the central nervous system, the heart, the liver, or other organs. Babies born to infected mothers can get their eyes infected, which can cause blindness. Pre-marital sex can also lead teenagers into unwanted pregnancies. Of teenage women who become pregnant, about 35 ... teenage mothers are more likely than children of older mothers to suffer significant disadvantages: medical, psychological, economic, and educational. Babies born to teenagers often are born too small and too...

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... , to considering it a sin to have an abortion. However, the anti-abortionists' reasons also come from the belief that a human being is born after conception, and that the death of that fetus resembles the murder of an innocent human being. They believe that no one has the right ... depression. In the case of congenital defects, the pro-life activists argue that such indications of a disease, do not guarantee that the child will be born into a life of suffering. They think that through love, and guidance anyone with any form of deformity or disease, can lead a normal life. ... for abort...

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... time to think about her decision; and that the mother is also killing every other person that would have been in the baby's family tree. Once a baby is born, it is commonly known that a bond forms almost immediately between the mother and child. Studies headed by Dr. John C. Fletcher and Dr. Mark I. Evans have ... may also influence the resolution of any ambivalence toward the pregnancy itself (Fletcher 3). This new finding means that you probably bonded with your mother even before you were born. The same effect would most likely happen with your baby. Does that not mean anything to the...

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There has been a debate for most of the 20th century over what truly shapes human behavior. Some believe the natural qualities we are born with contribute to how we behave, and what we do with our lives. Others believe that we are a product of our environment, and that our behavior is acquired from what ... , 2001). Nurture has a definite impact in certain matters. For instance when one is a child they learn not to touch the stove after getting burned once or twice. No child is born with the knowledge to not touch the stove. Along with the stove example are countless other ways we learn from ...

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... in Who's Overpopulated? For example since there are so many people living in a certain country they control the impact on society. It explained how eventually a baby born in the US would use energy, wood, steel, and oxygen. Also in the US there are so many people driving cars, living in houses made of steel ... are dying this causes for families to have more babies leading to overpopulation. Families have an average of six babies and every three seconds two babies are born in India. In Nepal about 1/5 of children die before the age 5. In The Fall Out they explain how countries for example...

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... is a disadvantage to the society? However, the pro-choice's perception is its not immoral, because it would be a disadvantage to the child if they are born to any women that are not financially stable to raise them, and have no other means to able to support that child. Further more, if the abortion is ... diagnosed with AIDS would all be force to give birth. As result it would create even more strain on our health care system, when there are babies born with HIV, or mental illness. Again this situation created an array of personal opinions and controversies. In one hand we have large nu...

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