64 to 128 cells (Eisenberg‚ Murkoff‚ & Hathaway‚ 2002). The fetus is not immune from the outside world. In fact‚ some things can be damaging to the unborn child. These are called teratogens‚ and often result in birth defects. They include such things as maternal disease‚ poor nutrition‚ stress‚ pollutants‚ and cigarette smoking. Some of the most troubling teratogens are alcohol and drugs. It is critical to the development of the fetus that expectant mothers avoid teratogens‚ and receive good prenatal
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RUNNGING HEAD: The Prenatal Period The Prenatal Period: 3 Stages and Drugs Kelsey Fitzmaurice Introduction to Psychology Abstract The Prenatal Period last about nine months and consists of three different stages. The first stage is Germinal then Embryonic and finally the fetal stage. The baby goes through many different developmental changes during the prenatal period. Each stage brings new developments to a great bundle of life we call our baby. Ovulation is the release of an ovum
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is denying her rights as a US citizen and is also discriminating against her. I think that abortion should be restricted to the first 21 weeks‚ which is when most of the tests can be taken to determine the health of the fetus. Anything after that might be immoral‚ since the fetus can very well live outside the mother’s womb; although‚ it does depend on the situation. Abortion should unquestionably not be used as a primary birth control use. It should be determined based on the circumstances of
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cigarettes while she is pregnant? Research and report on the dangers of smoking and drinking by pregnant women in reference to their unborn children. Cigarette smoke reaches the fetus through the placenta which is the tissue that connects the mother and fetus. Among other important functions‚ the placenta provides nutrients to the fetus. When nicotine and carbon monoxide‚ the toxins in cigarette smoke and second-hand smoke‚ enter the body and they reach the placenta resulting in deprivation it of oxygen
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mother and probability of carrying another pregnancy. Abortion that is safely done helps to lessen the psychological trauma‚ especially when the pregnancy resulted from rape. Abortion helps in three situations‚ during an unplanned pregnancy‚ when the fetus threatens the mother’s life and in a rape case. Abortion is a lesser evil for the good of the involved parties. Consequentialism means that the consequence of a person’s actions is the basis for judging how good or bad the action taken
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claim these things don’t have their facts quite right. When an abortion is performed‚ the fetus is in a very early stage of development. Most brain cells are not yet developed‚ and this means that the fetus cannot feel pain. The “silent screams” that those who oppose abortion often mention are nonexistent. Fetuses cannot scream‚ move‚ or feel at this point in the pregnancy. Additionally‚ aborting a fetus
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person has the same right to life. It acknowledges that every mother deserves the right to have a say of what goes on with her body‚ but the right to life carries significantly more weight and states the fetus is indeed a person. Therefore abortion should not be allowed because it kills a living fetus/person. A common problem that arises within this argument can be brought to our attention through the example of the violinist. The example depicts a hypothetical scenario in which you or some random
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through her article‚ “A Defence of Abortion” is one that adopts the premise that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. By doing this‚ Thomson is distancing her argument from the various theorists who maintain the moral view that it is wrong to kill another human being‚ such as (Marquis‚ 1989). This ultimately allows her to assume various hypothetical situations in which the cognitive status of the fetus is otherwise not considered. This is important. It helps the case she develops to
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pregnant and the state of Texas prohibit‚ with varying degrees of strictness‚ medical officials from cutting off life support to a pregnant patient. Mrs. munoz is till on life support. There is a medical team that monitors the heart beat of her fetus‚ that is now at 20 weeks. The Muñoz case has become a strange collision of law‚ medicine‚ the ethics of end-of-life care and the issues around abortion. Her mother states “ its not a matter of pro-choice and pro-life. It’s a matter of our daughters
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230 Assignment 2 Morality of Abortion Analysis According to Tooley’s argument‚ unlike animals and other subjects‚ human beings have both consciousness and self-consciousness. Therefore killing people is morally wrong. He also argues that the fetus doesn’t have self-consciousness‚ thus abortion is morally permissible. First‚ Michael Tooley says that we have the obligation to secure for individual things that we desire. For example‚ private properties should be protected because they are desired
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