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    SHOULD A PREGNANT WOMAN BE PUNISHED FOR EXPOSING HER FETUS TO RISK?” TAMEA SPURLIN HEALTH RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY (HS542) JANURARY 23‚ 2011 PROFESSOR GOMILLION In my opinion‚ pregnant women should be punished for partaking in legal behaviors such as taking fertility medication‚ smoking‚ and drinking‚ all of which can cause harm to the fetus. I think a woman should subordinate her right to control her life when she decides to become

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    Abortion and Fetus

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    wrong! Hold your horses. Let me explain what exactly is abortion. Abortion is‚ in broad terms‚ a termination of pregnancy. Most of the time‚ it is when a woman (or child bearer‚ since technology has made it possible for people with a Y chromosome to carry children now) chooses to remove a fetus or fetuses from her body. So what’s a fetus? A fetus is an unborn developing offspring of a mammal. Now that you’ve got all the basics‚ let’s get started. Pro-choice is what people who are supportive of abortions

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    others can be illegal. While each woman’s choice to end a babies life’s differs many people can not get past the fact a women is murdering her child. There has been a huge controversy on the abortion debate for many decades. Some people feel like abortions are downright sickening while others would say that a woman having an abortion is no big deal because it her body and she can do whatever‚ she wants. In the bible is states‚ Do not Kill the innocents ( Exodus 23:7: The New Testament). According

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    Fetus viability and rights In the 1973 case Roe v. Wade‚ the Supreme Court proclaimed the unborn are not legally defined as people. However‚ the court also allows states to restrict access to abortions where fetuses are viable‚ this means potentially capable to survive outside the womb on their own. Pro-choice supporters argument that you cannot have two entities with equal rights in one body. As a woman and a pro-choice supporter I believe giving rights to an embryo cancels out the mother ’s

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    Bullies should be helped not punished "Don’t call me Ishmael" is a novel by Michael Gerard Baver. In this novel there is a lot of bullying. Bullying is repeated verbal‚ physical‚ social or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or a group towards one or more people. Bullies should be helped and punished because counselling can be used to help the bully and they might know what is the problem with them.They should also be helped and punished because

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    “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza is the author’s personal experience of a complex abortion while dealing with the difficulties of legal disputes and limited medical assistance during an emotional time in her life. Mendoza uses the expressive purpose as she writes her story to express her depressing and frustrating feelings she has during the death of her child as well as the challenging time as she tries to obtain a dilation and extraction procedure

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    Should A Fetus Be Considered A Human Being? There are many questions surrounding abortion‚ but the most prevalent question focuses on when the fetus is considered a person‚ and when does it acquire the rights that us grown human beings hold? In The Metaphysics of a Person: Why I Am Pro-Choice By Lode Cossaer‚ he asserts his opinion on this subject. Cossaer argues that a fetus cannot be considered a human being with the same rights we posses until the fetus can either: feel and sense pain‚ or can

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    What if you were sentenced to death for a crime you didn’t commit? Cameron Willingham was put to death for a crime he didn’t even commit. It’s not okay to sentence someone to death for something they didn’t do. Life in prison is a much better option because you can’t escape from what you did. If you are innocent you will be able to get let out of prison‚ you just have to sit and think about the crime you committed‚ and if you have a case like Willingham where you were innocent they would be able

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    How should guilty people be punished? Thousands of crimes are committed throughout the year; robbery‚ fraud‚ rape etc… The people who commit these crimes and are caught are sent to jail. The only thing is‚ Every person who committed a crime had a different reason for doing it. That is why the Court exists‚ to judge each case differently. There should be an individual punishment for every case‚ because every case is different‚ and the "criminals" have different motives

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    Morality of a Fetus

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    Is It All About the Morality of the Fetus? Today in the United States as well as all around our world‚ one of the most contested and debated issues‚ that everyone has some sort of opinion on is the subject of abortion. There are many different thoughts‚ ideals‚ and opinions on whether or not abortion is right‚ wrong‚ or even morally sane to do. There are clinics and hospitals that perform the procedures and at many of these locations there are groups who will hold protests against the operation

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