argues that it is immoral to have an abortion or kill an infant. Warren states that there is no limitation to abortion and it is always justifiable. A fetus or infant are not considered persons. To Warren it is wrong to kill an innocent human being but a fetus is not a human being‚ so therefore‚ it is not wrong to kill a fetus. A fetus or infant has not reached personhood due to the five traits which Warren describes makes a person. The traits that make a person‚ according to Warren are:
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|[pic] |This section requires expansion. | [edit] Bodily rights An argument first presented by Judith Jarvis Thomson states that even if the fetus has a right to life‚ abortion is morally permissible because a woman has a right to control her own body. Thomson’s variant of this argument draws an analogy between forcing a woman to continue an unwanted pregnancy and forcing a person’s body to be
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autonomy over her healthcare decision involving her body? What about in the case of disease and rape‚ are we more concerned with the wellbeing of the mother or the fetus? Issues such as nonmaleficience and beneficence‚ justice‚ autonomy‚ and quality of life come into play. Should we as healthcare professionals‚ deliberately cause harm to a fetus to maintain the autonomy of the mother? Is it just to deny complete autonomy to the mother while simultaneously denying justice and autonomy to a potential life
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pelvic floor are2 support the weight of the pelvic &abdominal organs.Afford voluntary control over micturition defeacation& flatulation Diminishes the size of the vagina&causes engorgement of the clitoris during intercourse.Influences movement of the fetus during the seconnstage of labour.The pelvic consists of2layersof muscle:superficial layer which is smaller then the deeplayer.with both conbined contribute the overall strength of the pelvicfloor & r likely2become damaged during vaginal delivery.Bulbocavernosus
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In the United States of America‚ one out of every seven hundred and fifty children is born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Mothers who consume alcohol anytime during pregnancy‚ puts their children at risk for multiple constellations of abnormalities when they are born. A common condition observed in children affected is optic nerve hypoplasia‚ which basically is the underdevelopment of the optic nerve during pregnancy. The affected child has abnormal shaped eyes that appear closer together
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kills innocent human beings‚ a fetus is a human being therefore‚ it is wrong to kill a human being. In Peter Singer’s Utilitarian argument about abortion‚ he states “To describe a being as ’human’ is to use a term that straddles two distinct notions: membership of the species homo sapiens and being a person‚ in the sense of a rational or self-conscious being. If ’human’ is taken as equivalent to ’person’ the second premiss of the argument‚ which asserts that the fetus is a human being‚ is clearly
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Child Developmental Stages Child development comes in stages‚ and although not all children develop at the same rate‚ this timeline describes what typically occurs from the pre-natal stage through infancy and up to two years old. Pre-natal development is the most significant segment of human development. 15 days after conception the embryonic stage begins and continues until about the 8th week‚ or until the embryo is around an inch in length. The cells of the embryo are multiplying and taking
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the medications‚ alcohol‚ cigarettes or poor diet‚ of which she indulged‚ pregnant women typically continued with their preconception lifestyles. However‚ tragic outcomes for these children began to reveal the effects of such toxins passed to the fetus via the placenta. Two well-known examples of this include birth defects resulting from the use of thalidomide in the 1960s and fetal alcohol syndrome due to alcohol consumption‚ first diagnosed in the early 1970s. Furthermore‚ in 1971‚ diethylstilbestrol
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decades‚ women in America have been fighting for their rights. For example‚ on the 18th of August in 1920‚ women were granted the right to vote. Although women have gained many rights‚ they still today are fighting to keep their right to aborting a fetus within them. Many individuals see underlying issues with suppressing abortion. Abortion may cause more of an advantage than harm. First and foremost‚ abortion allows a woman the right to her own body. Some say that abortion should not be used
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While the effects of alcohol is known to be bad for baby‚ scientist don’t know the exact amount in which it becomes dangerous to the fetus. Because of this‚ many doctors say that refraining from alcohol is the best rout to go. Alcohol is toxic to adults and even more so to a developing baby. When consumed the alcohol travels to the child via the placenta. Drinking can cause miscarriages‚ physical birth defects‚ premature birth‚ ect. This is because it damages the developing child’s cells which in
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