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    Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability.[note 1] An abortion can occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is usually called a miscarriage‚ or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy. Abortion‚ when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law‚ is among the safest procedures in medicine.[1] However‚ unsafe abortions result in approximately

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    Judith Thomson: Abortion‚ permissible or not. In order to start talking about abortion first we need to clarify the meaning of this term and distinguish between the other meanings of this word. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy by removing the fetus from pregnant woman ’s body. An abortion also can happen naturally without intention‚ in which case it is called a miscarriage. In this text we will talk about the purposely induced abortion and whether

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    Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of all times. The definition most people associate with abortion is the termination of unwanted pregnancy. In their essay‚ “The Wrong of Abortion”‚ Patrick Lee and Robert P. George argue that intentional abortion is unjust and therefore objectively immoral no matter the circumstances. Also‚ they argue that “the burden of carrying the baby is significantly less than the harm the baby would suffer by being killed; the mother and father have a special

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    Abortion: Are you a murderer? Since the legalization of abortion in 1973‚ over 54 million unborn children have been killed.  That’s 1 baby every 20 seconds. Even if scientists could determine when consciousness begins‚ wouldn’t it still be wrong to distinguish a life? Some people believe that terminating a child’s life before birth is alright because the child has not reached consciousness; that consciousness is a state that occurs after birth. However a child begins to dream within the womb after

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    to abort her baby‚ the baby cannot do anything about their life being forcibly taken away from them. Their whole future is demolished in a single instant before it even begins. This is why I believe abortion is wrong no matter the reasoning behind why you’re doing it. The first reason as to why abortion is wrong is because there are many other safer solutions. It is stated that “In the USA‚ there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt‚ many times regardless of the child’s

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    Chapter 1 A. Problem and Its Background Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus or embryo prior to viability. Occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is usually called a miscarriage‚ or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion is commonly refers to the induced of a human pregnancy. (http:realchoice.org.au/resources/mental-health-risks-of-abortion/) Globally‚ abortion was induced in the develop world in accordance with local law‚ is among

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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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    investigated for refusing abortion’ published in The Sydney Morning Herald‚ on the 7th of October 2013‚ deals with the moral issue of abortion and sex selection. Abortion meaning the action of deliberately terminating of a human pregnancy‚ in simple words killing the unborn baby that is still inside the mother. Abortion has been an on going issue for a lot of Australians. Some Australians think abortion is right because its law‚ where some Australians believe abortion is a no no‚ due to moral

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    How would you feel if someone decided that you should never get a chance at life? It is horribly that many people are killing their own babies through abortion. In statistics that showed over 1.3 million abortions are done yearly in the USA and 43 million worldwide has been the steady number for several years now (Statistics 1). Abortion is murder of an innocent unborn baby. People think that when you get pregnant‚ the baby isn’t really anything until a certain point in the pregnancy. Whatever

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    Abortion Abortion can be defined as termination of pregnancy which results in voluntary or involuntary death of the fetus. In recent years the question of abortion has turned into one of the major political and social issue faced by our society. People that support abortions are generally referred to as prochoice and people that are against it like to identify themselves as prolife. No matter which side individuals belong to they are very passionate about this topic. Some are passionate

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