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    Abortion: ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRIMES Over the years abortion has been rapidly increasing‚ especially in the Republic of China. It is believed by many to be immoral and even considered as murder. The term abortion is defined as “the termination of pregnancy or the expulsion or removal of the fetus or embryo from the womb.” According to the World Health Organization‚ over 70 thousand maternal deaths occur due to unsafe abortion‚ proving that it is not only the children that die but the women as well

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    Abortion of Down syndrome Fetus Amanda Hetherington 03/23/2015 Introduction Support for the rights of the disabled people has increased in the recent times‚ and this has stimulated opposition to the abortion of abnormal fetus. In essence‚ legalizing the abortion of fetus with abnormalities has been construed as reinforcing discriminations against people with disabilities. The controversy over the question of aborting fetus with abnormalities gained greater attention when the ethics

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    Composition I Instructor: Rozlyn Truss-Linder Running Head: Should Abortion Be Legal? Page 2 Should Abortions Be Legal Although this is America and women have rights‚ abortions should only be legal if a life is at stake‚ threatening health issues or if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest. Some people fill that it is murder or inhumane to have an abortion‚ while others feel it is your body and you should have the right to decide whether or not

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    Abortion An estimated 1.3 million abortions are performed annually or approximately two and a half abortions every minute (Abortion). In all societies‚ women have sought to terminate pregnancies for many reasons. Republicans and democrats support either the right to live or the right to decide. The debate whether abortion should be made legal continues to divide republicans and democrats long after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision on Roe v. Wade declaring abortion a “fundamental” right (Roe

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    understandable connection between his sources and points. 2. 0: this article is written in response to recent anti- abortion movements in Arizona. The ACLU sued to the a measure that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. Morain reminds us that in california abortion is till an issue. 3. A: this article is directed towards women who want to abort and towards physicians who perform the abortions. It mainly is directed towards the government saying that extreme steps taken outside the California borders

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    The core of utilitarianism is based around the idea that a person’s actions should be evaluated in terms of the pain and pleasure it causes. To balance these out it uses mathematics to make moral decisions that will have the happiest results. In human cloning‚ a utilitarian would argue it is essential to weigh up the pain and pleasure that the action would produce. Just because cloning may cause overall happiness it doesn’t mean it is ethically acceptable. Cloning has positive aspects it creates

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    Abortion To a Christians abortion is infanticide‚ written in the law of the Romans in Jesus’ times. But there is nothing in the bible to support against abortions beside that it has been practiced throughout recorded human history. However‚ there are quotes from the bible that support going against abortion. “I will say to God…’your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now destroy me? Remember that you moulded me like clay. Will you turn me to dust again?” (NIV‚ Job 10:2/8-9). “Now the word

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    Abortion‚ as defined by Merriam Websters Dictionary‚ is "the termination of a pregnancy after‚ accompanied by‚ resulting in‚ or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus". "Abortion has been used to control fertility in every known society‚ regardless of its legality." The topic of abortion is a very painful topic among men and women and everyday people are faced with the moral dilemma of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. Abortion is a very popular controversial topic among Christians

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    Abortion: Parental Consent Abortion: Parental Consent Attempts to obtain an abortion are much more difficult for minors than for their adult counterparts due in part to laws and restrictions that regulate the consent and notification of a minor’s parents. Thirty-four states require some form of parental involvement in a minor’s decision to have an abortion. The laws are intended to foster parent-child relationships‚ protect the rights of parents‚ and deter young women from obtaining abortions or

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    Marcus Pope 4/23/2012 Dr. Audrey Anton Abortion In this paper I will argue that abortion is morally correct based on the situation at hand. The most common argument against abortion is that every person has a right to life. Abortion a very misleading factor in the social scheme of people lives today can never grasp the concept of rather it is right or wrong. Around for more than one hundred years and still pushing is the talk on abortion and rather it’s right or wrong. Taking the life

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