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    Marigona Beqiri Research Techniques Edona Maloku Abortion: A future mothers’ biggest sin and the mistake of society’s views Newborns are amongst the most precious of gifts on earth‚ especially for a mother. This new gift of life continuously changes and affects the lives of all the people involved in the birth and life of a baby. An infant’s soul is one of the purest things in life that one can experience. Full of innocence and purity‚ this creature’s brand new and unharmed soul inspires

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    Abortion is viewed as morally impermissible. The premise is made that the fetus’s right to life outweighs the mother’s right as to what happens in and to her body. Thomson argues that abortion is morally permissible in certain cases such as rape and if the mother’s life is at risk. Thomson’s argument is valid‚ thus making the original argument that abortion is morally impermissible‚ false in certain cases‚ and also rejecting the original premise that was made. Thomoson uses the premise that

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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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    division of labor -Agreeing to extend kinship bonds to your spouse’s relatives 4. Identify four methods of preventing pregnancy. -Not allowing adolescents to marry (especially boys)‚ using magic (protective jewelry‚ ritual acts‚ etc.)‚ practicing abortion (chemical or surgery)‚ adhering to a post partum sex taboo prohibition against husbands and wives having sexual intercourse for a period of time following the birth of a child. 5. In some culture cousins are preferred spouses.  Bedouin Arabs are

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    Thomson‚ Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary bodies: Figuring physical disability in American culture and literature. Columbia University Press‚ 1997. Print. In this article‚ Rosemarie Thomson criticizes on the way physically disabled people are treated in the context of culture. Her main claim is that the socially contextualized view of disability has attributed misrepresentations to people with extraordinary bodies. The first sub-claim is that the identification of “disability” is based on cultural

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    Extreme conservatives would have abortion made illegal. If we outlaw abortion it would not stop women from having them In "A Defense of Abortion" Judith Thomson does a good job of poking holes in the extreme conservative argument‚ she is a moderate liberal. Even though she is defending abortion she states there are still times when it is impermissible. . Her first analogy she compares a growing fetus to a famous violinist who has unknowingly been attached to a person’s circulatory system. Is

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    Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However‚ pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the legal power to take away a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her own body? An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless

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    Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy‚ usually done during the first 28 weeks of the pregnancy. There are many different forms of abortion‚ as well as different consequences to each way that abortion is done. Although every women has their own reason for making the decision of having an abortion done‚ most of the time they choose to have an abortion without knowing the consequences or effects that can occur throughout the year. While there are several different methods to having an abortion

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    Religion plays a major role in the ethics of abortion. To begin with‚ Judaism does not prohibit abortion‚ but also does not allow it for simply any reason. Jewish women can allowed to abort if the mother’s health is at risk or mentally ill. Additionally‚ abortion is allowed in cases of rape4. Similar Islam allows abortion under certain conditions. In Islam‚ abortion is allowed only before 120 days of gestation. The only instance where abortion may take place after 120 days is if the pregnancy poses

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    Philosophy 101 12/8/2011 An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong. The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument that abortion is wrong. Some claim that only in “rare” instances‚ such as rape or within a few days of contraception‚ abortion is acceptable. I will agree that there are certain circumstances that abortion is more “acceptable” than other times‚ albeit however few and far between these instances arise. Instances that make abortion more “okay” are rape‚ and once it is discovered that the

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