ro & Con Arguments: "Should Abortion Be Legal?" PRO Legal Abortion The US Supreme Court has declared abortion to be a "fundamental right" guaranteed by the US Constitution. The landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade‚ decided on Jan. 22‚ 1973 in favor of abortion rights‚ remains the law of the land. The 7-2 decision stated that the Constitution gives "a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy‚" and that "This right of privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or
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Nature of Justice Should Homosexuality be legal? Australia is one of the last English speaking countries to embrace marriage equality. Personally I think that giving Gay couples the right to marry will make Australia a more tolerant‚ open and welcoming place to live. They’re just normal people who pay their taxes‚ help the community‚ fight in wars; however‚ they’re not given equal rights. Homosexuals are held at a disadvantage solely of their sexual orientation; they should have exactly the same
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Teenagers become adults at the age of eighteen; they earn the responsibility to vote and to fight for our country‚ so why shouldn’t they be able to consume alcohol? Some adults feel that lowering the legal drinking age would cause more problems on the road and in bars or night clubs‚ but until we give young adults the opportunity to prove themselves‚ we are just stereotyping every eighteen-year-old. Here are a couple of reasons that lowering the legal drinking age makes sense: eighteen-year-olds
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Should Abortion Be Legal? Zelda P. Brown PHI103 Informal Logic Prof Angela Lohr July 28‚ 2013 There are two unforeseen circumstances that may cause a woman a great deal of mental pain. As a result of rape or incest a woman who has become pregnant should have a choice on whether she wants to keep the child‚ place for adoption or terminate the pregnancy through an abortion. If a decision is made then abortion should be her choice not the law. The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally
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Lowering the drinking age to 18 will have serious consequences such as the increase in traffic fatalities. According to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World‚ “in the United States in 2007‚ the death toll from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1‚393 – nearly four fatalities every day of the year.” (Drinking and Driving‚ 2006-2015). At such youthful age‚ these teens are not responsible enough to know that they should not drink and drive. They assume that they are perfectly fine after consuming alcohol
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years of age in order to purchase or consume alcohol. The subjects of drugs and alcohol have been long-standing controversial issues that have sparked debates for many years in the U.S. Because of the obvious dangers and long-term damage alcohol has been proven to do on the body one must wonder why it is legal to drink or produce alcohol in the first place. In some ways‚ alcohol and drugs have the same kind of effects on the body and cause similar long-term damage‚ yet alcohol is legal and drugs
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Should Abortion Be Legal Chemisa Stewart PHI 103 Informal Logic Instructor: Kevin Fandl June 10‚ 2013 To this very day abortion has become a very sensitive issue worldwide. Known as a moral and ethical issue‚ abortion is an issue society should come to terms with. Legalizing abortion has been an ongoing debate‚ and it is an important issue because of the moral
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Should abortion be legal? Persuasive research project Typed by: Sabrina Campos Ms. Parker 7th period English 05/04/2013 Abortion. Just the word its self doesn’t sound humane. Any conscientious person should be aware that it is in fact highly unfair that one does not have say on whether or not he or she should live or be aborted.” unborn babies are innocent human beings from the moment of conception. They have a fundamental right to life‚ which must be protected” (Abortion
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Abortion‚ why it should be legal! PHI103: Informal Logic Robert Gala May 10‚ 2013 I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement In today’s society there are very many issues that are being debated over in our judicial system‚ but the one issue that seems to never go away is abortions. Everyone debates whether it should be legalized or illegal. Of course there are many that are for it and those that are against it‚ but what side is right? Is there even a right or wrong when it comes to a topic of this
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the law keeping the legal drinking age at 21 is ineffective because the problem lies within the person‚ not the alcohol itself‚ he fails to recognize the fact that even if this is the case‚ the raised drinking age has proven to be very effective overall. Additionally‚ even if he claims that the law is not effective in reducing drinking and driving‚ he doesn’t mention the dangers alcohol presents to young‚ developing minds. The drinking age should not be lowered to 18 and should remain at 21 because
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