bortion and the Significance Towards Women's Health With Evidence
Induced abortion represents a multifaceted ethical, moral, biological, psychological, and legal human issue. The complex issue of induced abortion has been the source of substantial debate, controversy, and activism over the course of several decades. Induced abortion is medically defined as the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo before the fetus is able to survive outside of the uterus (Grimes et al. 2004). Fetal viability has been explained as 20 weeks gestation or a fetal weight that is less than 500 grams; however, there is not a reported case of a fetus surviving at 20 weeks and weight alone is not the strongest predictor of viability (Grimes et al. 2004). In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide (Grimes et al. 2004). bortion is currently one of the most common medical procedures performed…...

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An additional study investigating the significance of abortion and its role on women's health examined the links between pregnancy and mental health outcomes. Over the course of the past two decades, research has been conducted to consider mental health outcomes, such as depression, substance use, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in association with induced abortion (Fergusson et al. 2008). The research performed by Fergusson et al. based their results from a longitudinal study of 534 women who had been participants in the Chirstchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS); CHDS studied individuals at birth, 4 months, 1 year, every following year to age 16, and at ages 18, 21, 25, and 30 (2008). Each woman had provided information over the 30-year period regarding pregnancies and mental health history. Based on this study group, 284 women reported a total of 686 pregnancies prior to age 30, and included a total of 153 abortions that occurred to 117 women (Fergusson et al. 2008). During every assessment from age 16 to 30 years, participants were questioned regarding mental health issues since the previous assessment using specific, structured questionnaires (Fergusson et al. 2008). After analyzing the correlations between abortion and mental health, Fergusson et al. found abortion may be associated with a small increase in risk of mental health disorders; women who had abortions showed rates of mental disorder that were approximately 30% higher than the other female participants (Fergusson et al. 2008).

The longitudinal research component of the Fergusson et al. study is its greatest strength (2008). Being evaluated since birth, the female participants each offered a comprehensive, detailed medical history. The comprehensive nature of their medical histories allow for significant insights into mental health and how life events affect the occurrences of mental disorders. This strengthened the research group's ability to evaluate correlations between the incidence of abortion and subsequent mental disorders. The study also considered such lifestyle dynamics as living arrangements, employment problems, illness or death in the family, and any partner relationship problems that could contribute to mental illness in order to identify direct relationships with abortion and mental health (Fergusson et al. 2008).

Weaknesses of the Fergusson et al. study include sample bias and the length of the study. There were an original 630 women in the CHDS study who entered the study at birth; only 534 women provided consent to be included in the Fergusson analysis. Based on information available from all 630 female CHDS participants, the 20% of women not represented in the study had a tendency to be from low socio-economic status which gives evidence of sample bias (Fergusson et al. 2008). The longitudinal nature of the study is a noted strength; however, the study only provided information on women to age 30. Women are still likely to become pregnant after age 30, and the

Abortion AND CRITICALLY EXAMINE VARIOUS CHRISTIAN RESPONSES ( CATHOLICS, EVANGELICALS, AND LIBERALS) TO SUBJECT. CHRISTIAN ETHICS IS TGE COURSE. THANK YOU AGAIN, GOOD JOB.
Christian Views on Abortion

The Christian Church has always had strict regulations when concerning matters like abortion. Even with the fact that the Christian Bible contains no information about the practice, many Christians have gotten actively engaged in trying to denounce it as being against God's will. Some branches of the Church are, however, hesitantly willing to accept abortion in particular cases because they acknowledge that one can look at the matter from a series of different perspectives. One of the most divisive problems about the relationship between Christianity and abortion relates to how the latter can be associated with the gravest sin when considering things from the religious ideology's point-of-view: murder.

History

Abortion has been in public view long before the Christian Church was founded and some of history's…...

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Works cited:

Eggebroten, Anne Marie, "Abortion: My Choice, God's Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories," (Hope Publishing House, 1994)

Maguire, Daniel, "Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions," (Oxford University Press, 2003)

Melton, Gordon J., "Encyclopedia of Protestantism," (Infobase Publishing, 01.01.2005)

"The Orthodox view on Abortion," Retrieved November 30, 2012, from the Orthodox Christian Website:  http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/abortion2.htm

Abortion Debate
Pros and Cons of Abortion and the Feminist Perspective

The Pro-Life (Judeo/Christian) Perspective: God is the author of life and controls how that life will be dispensed. This is true of both birth and death. It is not the responsibility of the individual to either begin their life or to end it because the life is not theirs it is God's. When God chooses to bless a human being with being the surrogate for the beginning of said life, again it should not be the decision of that individual, who has a completely separate life growing inside of them, to choose whether that life should be continued or ended; again, that decision is to be made by God, the author of life. A woman's right to choose then ends when she decides to have intercourse with a male, realizing that the end product could be a sampling of God's gift…...

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References

Balogh, L. (2009). The public debate on the religiosity of the public debate of bioethics in the U.S.A. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 8(23), 3-12.

Gavriluta, N. (2010). Abortion and challenges of applied ethics. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 9(26), 238-243.

Pickering, B.A. (2003). Women's voices as evidence: Personal testimony in pro-choice films. Argumentation and Advocacy, 40(1), 1-33.

Pourreza, A., & Batebi, A. (2011). Psychology consequences of abortion among the post abortion care seeking women in Tehran. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 6(1), 31-41.

Abortion
Aborting a living human fetus is morally wrong because taking one's life away from them is "one of the greatest losses one can suffer" (Marquis, 1989, p. 4) and causing that person to suffer that great a loss is a morally wrong thing to do. There is a plethora of material on abortion -- both pro-choice and anti-abortion -- that focuses on how to best determine what is a human, or a human person. There is plenty of available literature that determines why abortion is wrong, and an equally wide array of literature on why abortion is morally acceptable. It seems that both sides have marshaled their forces to crush their opposition. One side appeals to man's spiritual or theological side while the other appeals to the scientific side. One argues that a person is not really a person unless it is a reasoning entity, while the other argues that…...

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References

Abortion; (2012) accessed on June 3, 2012 at:  http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/abortion 

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1142a12-16.

Embryo; (2012) accessed on June 3, 2012 at:

Conclusion

Abortion from a purely moral or ethical perspective can never be endorsed. However, in some medical conditions where the life of the mother is at stake abortion as a life saving intervention is certainly approved. Also in cases where the pregnancy is due to sexual victimization the woman has the right to decide about abortion. Irrespective of the methods used abortion leaves a great psychological stigma and guilt feeling.

The more horrific partial birth abortions are a cause for concern and leave deep psychological distress and depression. It is more thoughtful and appropriate to use the available contraceptive methods instead of going for abortion. However, for those women who choose abortion as a method to end their unintended pregnancies the provision of post abortion-healing care is very important.

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1) Suzanne R. Trupin, 'Elective Abortion', Accessed Nov 27th 2009, available online at, http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/252560-overview

2) Lisa . Haddad, MD, MA & Nawal M. Nour, 'Unsafe…...

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1) Suzanne R. Trupin, 'Elective Abortion', Accessed Nov 27th 2009, available online at,  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/252560-overview 

2) Lisa B. Haddad, MD, MA & Nawal M. Nour, 'Unsafe Abortion Unnecessary maternal Mortality', Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Spring; 2(2): 122 -- 126, Available online at,  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2709326/?tool=pmcentrez 

3) Anne Nordal Broen & Torbjorn Moum et.al, 'The Course of mental health after miscarriage and induced abortion: A Longitudinal five-year follow up study', BMC Med. 2005; 3: 18., Available online at,  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1343574/?tool=pmcentrez 

4) Patrick S. Carroll, 'The Breast Cancer Epidemic: Modeling and Forecasts based on Abortion and other Risk Factors', Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

Abortion means the early removal of a human fetus, whether impulsively as in a miscarriage or unnaturally caused by surgical or chemical abortion. As of today, the most general usage of this term abortion stands for the artificially caused abortion. A decision by oe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that authorizes abortion was passed over by the Supreme Court in 1973 that allowed abortion for any basis like medical, social or otherwise in all the 50 states during all nine months of pregnancy. But most of the abortions done in the present days are done not based on medical grounds but on social basis, as some women are not prepared for a child at that time and her spouse wants her to have an abortion. Almost 93% of these induced abortions are done not for medical reasons but are voluntary.
Evolution of the law concerning abortion

The chronicle of American abortion…...

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Adolescents Need Safe and Legal Abortion. Retrieved from Accessed on 10 February 2005http://www.crlp.org/pub_fac_atkadol.html

Bruce, Deanna; Benatar, Sarah. Policy Update on Safe and Legal Abortion, 30 Years after Roe v. Wade. IWPR Publication #B241. Retrieved from   Accessed on 10 February 2005http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B241.pdf 

Defining Abortion. Retrieved from Accessed on 10 February 2005http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf3.html

Deflem, Mathieu. 1998. The Boundaries of Abortion Law: Systems Theory from Parsons to Luhmann and Habermas. Social Forces. Vol: 76; No: 3; pp: 775-818. Retrieved from   Accessed on 10 February 2005http://www.cas.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/zaborsf.htm 

They argue that the fetus only has the potential of developing into a full-fledged human being; in the same way as an acorn has the potential of developing into an oak tree. In their view it is as ludicrous to call an embryo an independent human being as it would be to call an acorn an oak tree. (Lewis, 2000)
ight of Woman Over Her Body

The main "pro-choice" argument is that a woman has a right of control over her own body and nobody, including the state or her family has the right to take away her right in this regard. According to this argument, the right of control over her own body includes a woman's right to terminate or continue with her pregnancy. (Ibid.)

The "pro-life" counter argument to this contention is that the fetus is a discreet individual with all the rights of a separate person; the mother has…...

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Abortion." (2006). From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved on May 30, 2006 at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion#Public_opinion 

Abortion in the United States." (2006). From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved on May 30, 2006 at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States 

The Facts Speak Louder than 'The Silent Scream'" (1985) The Planned Parenthood. Retrieved on May 30, 2006 at  http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/abortion/fact-abortion-silent-scream.xml 

Gordon, D. (1999). "Abortion and Rights: Applying Libertarian Principles Correctly." Libertarians for life. Retrieved on May 30, 2006 at http://www.l4l.org/library/abor-rts.html

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Opinion

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Dem.

Legis.

Dem.

Governor

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Legis.

Liberal

State

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Conserv.

Public

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Interest

Opinion

Group

General

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Opinion

Specific

Opinion

Interest

Group

Catholic

Dem.

Legis.

Dem.

Governor

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Legis.

Liberal

State

Policies

Conserv.

Public

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Norrander and ilcox, 707).

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Den Dulk, Kevin R., and J. Mitchell Pickerill. "Bridging the Lawmaking Process: Organized Interests, Court-Congress Interaction, and Church-State Relations." Polity 35.3 (2003): 419+. Questia. 4 Dec. 2008 http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001969773.

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Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde ilcox. "Public Opinion and Policymaking in the States: The Case of Post-Roe Abortion Policy." Policy Studies Journal 27.4 (1999): 707. Questia. 4 Dec. 2008 http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001889368.

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Smith, Fred O. "Gendered Justice: Do Male and Female Judges Rule Differently on Questions of Gay Rights?." Stanford…...

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Den Dulk, Kevin R., and J. Mitchell Pickerill. "Bridging the Lawmaking Process: Organized Interests, Court-Congress Interaction, and Church-State Relations." Polity 35.3 (2003): 419+. Questia. 4 Dec. 2008  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001969773 .

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Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox. "Public Opinion and Policymaking in the States: The Case of Post-Roe Abortion Policy." Policy Studies Journal 27.4 (1999): 707. Questia. 4 Dec. 2008  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001889368 .

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Abortion in Politics
The argument on legality of abortion is nurtured deep into root of American society. The judgment on Roe v. ade where abortion became legal to today's politics. This paper analyses in depth the issue surrounding this subject and present solutions and considerations.

The struggle for sexual rights has been linked to the process of building citizenship and has been challenged mainly by entrenched conservative groups like Parents' groups, or as defenders of morality and decency, these actors construct ditches in the field of freedoms. (Linda 1998) Most of these groups are linked to private Catholic schools and religious colleges; there are also church officials of the Catholic Church, party leaders and officials who are visible actors in the field of sexual politics.

Roe v. ade is a controversial policy decision that the Supreme Court of the United States on 22 January 1973 precipitated by a majority of seven to two…...

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Works cited

Randy Alcorn Prolife, Answers to Prochoice Arguments. Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2000.

Linda J. Beckman and S. Marie Harvey, eds., The New Civil War: The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1998.

James F. Bohan, The House of Atreus: Abortion as a Human Rights Issue. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999: pp76-78.

Leslie Bonavoglia, ed. The Choices We Made: Twenty-five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001: pp45-57.

Abortion and Class Bias
Abortion has generally been framed as an issue of gender rights, a question of whether women have the right to privacy and have jurisdiction over their own bodies.

This formulation has made abortion into a feminist cause. Any attempts to criminalize or otherwise infringe on abortion rights is viewed as a violation of the rights of individual women.

However, there is a side to this argument that often remains overshadowed.

Statistics show that majority of the women who have abortions do so for economic reasons (Pollitt 1997). Corollary to this, analysts believe that making abortion illegal or criminal would unduly burden minority and other marginalized women (Swomley 2002).

This paper examines the class bias that underscores laws that criminalize abortion. It focuses on the abortion laws that existed before the landmark Roe vs. ade decision, and how these laws particularly restricted the rights of poor women.

In the final section, the paper…...

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Works Cited

Andryszewski, Tricia. 1996. Abortion: Rights, Option and Choices. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, Inc.

Guernsey, JoAnn Bren. 1993. Abortion: Understanding the Controversy. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Politt, Katha. 1997. "Abortion in American History." Atlantic Monthly May: 111-115.

Sappenfield, Mark. 2002. "California Passes Broad Abortion-Rights Legislation." Christian Science Monitor. September 13: 2+.

Abortion has always been a case of debate in history, because of the numerous implications this issue has. It relates not only to the rights of the mother, but, even more important, to the rights of the unborn child. Additionally, abortion provides an unwanted means of late contraception. Due to this available, last minute solutions, teens tend to pay less attention to normal contraception means, which encourages not only promiscuity, but the spreading of sexually transmitted diseases and especially AIDS.
The most important argument that the pro-choice and the pro-life groups use is the morality argumentation. A simple syllogism applies in this case. The conceived fetus is a member of the human specie and ending its existence is murder. Murder is immoral and unethical

. However, this argumentation stands only after we deliberate over the condition of the fetus. Can the fetus be considered a human being, entitled with the same rights…...

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Bibliography

1. Physical Health Risks of Abortion. Scientific Studies Reveal Significant Risk. On the Internet at  http://www.w-cpc.org/abortion/physical.html 

2 H.L. Howe, et al., "Early Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Under Age 40," International Journal of Epidemiology, 18(2):300-304 (1989)

3. Sharvy, B. The morality of abortion. A critique. On the Internet at  http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/abortion.html 

4. Abortion morality. Letters to the Editor. The Miami Herald. November 2004. On the Internet at  http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/editorial/letters/10278784.htm?1c

Abortion
Nature intends that an offspring should begin and develop in the mother's baby until it is mature enough to be delivered and live on its own. Those nine months of gestation in the mother's womb pose a long-standing controversy, which pits the rights of the unborn child against the rights of the mother. One side, called pro-life, holds that the embryo or fetus has full and distinct rights to life while in the womb as a separate entity from the mother and, that therefore, the termination of pregnancy through abortion as a birth control method violates its rights. The other side, called pro-choice, argues that pregnancy can be terminated as a method of birth control under certain conditions, that the fetus or embryo does not have the same full rights as the mother and that the mother has a right to her own body.

Gleaning from these opposing views, abortion as…...

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Callahan, Sidney. Twenty-Five Years After "Roe" -- Abortion Arguments. Commonweal: Commonweal Foundation, January 30, 1998.  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1252/is_n2_v125/ai_20520543 

2. Doerr, Ed. Roe v Wade at Thirty -- Church and State. Humanist: American Humanist Association, March-April 2003.  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_263/ai_98469800 

3. Glendon, Mary Ann. The Women of Roe v Wade. Human Life Review: Human Life Foundation, Inc., 2003.  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3789/is_200307/ai_n9282014 

4. Hollander, Dore. Abortion Support Slipping. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Alan Guttmacher Institute, June 2005.  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_mONNR/is_2_37/ai_n14791507

(Sen, 2007)
The following is a table of state laws regarding abortion:

State Laws Pertaining to Abortion

States

Parental Consent

Parental Notification

Alabama

Effected 1987

No law

Alaska

No law

Arizona

No law

Effected 1982; revoked / enjoined 1987

Arkansas

No law

Effected 1989

California

No law

Colorado

No law

Connecticut

No law

Effected 1990; revoked / enjoined 1998

Delaware

No law

Effected 1995

District of Columbia

No law

Florida

No law

Georgia

No law

Effected 1991

Hawaii

No law

Idaho

Effected 2000

Effected 1997; revoked / enjoined 2000

Illinois

No law

Indiana

Effected 1984

Effected 1982; revoked / enjoined 1984

Iowa

No law

Effected 1997

Kansas

No law

Effected 1992

Kentucky

Effected 1994

No law

Louisiana

Effected 1991

Effected 1992

Maine

Effected 1989;

No law revoked/enjoined

Maryland

No law

Effected 1992

Massachusetts

Effected 1979

No law

Michigan

Effected 1991

No law

Minnesota

No law

Effected 1980, 1990;

revoked/enjoined 1987

Mississippi

Effected 1993

No law

Missouri

Effected 1979

No law

Montana

No law

Nebraska

No law

Effected 1991

Nevada

No law

New Hampshire

No law

New Jersey

No law

New Mexico

No law

New York

No law

North Carolina

Effected 1995

No law

North Dakota

Effected 1981

No law

Ohio

No law

Effected 1986

Oklahoma

No law

Oregon

No law

Pennsylvania

Effected 1994

No law

hode Island

Effected 1982

No law

South Carolina

Effected 1990

No law

South Dakota

No law

Effected 1997

Tennessee

Effected 1998

Effected 1990; revoked / enjoined 1998

Texas

No law

Effected 1999

Utah

No law

Effected 1976

Vermont

No law

Virginia

No law

Effected 1998; revoked / enjoined 2002

Washington

No law

West Virginia

No law

Effected 1984

Wisconsin

Effected 1998

No law

Wyoming

Effected 1989

No law

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Brower, Kay;Sloane, Bonnie;Wolansky, Taras. "Art of…...

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Abortion and eligion
Church and abortion debate

Abortion has been a major issue of discussion with different group finding themselves caught up in a sensitive argument that they have to take a position. eligious groups have been vocal on condemning abortion, however there are other groups which hold that it should not just be viewed in that manner without looking the circumstances that makes one to abort and they see nothing wrong with doing so. It is a matter that cannot be regarded simplistic because there are other governments with their law in some parts of the World that already allow it depending on the situation to help life. The position of the church to discourage abortion should be well recognized and spread for they are fighting to save importance of humanity. More institutions should rise up to condemn such practice to save our morals, lives, and dignity so that those who…...

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References

Fr. William Saunders, (2013). The Catholic Church and Abortion, Retrieved July 15, 2013.  http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/abortion/catholic-teaching/the-catholic-church-and-abortion/ 

JoAnne Viviano, (2012). Religions largely oppose abortion. Retrieved July 15, 2013.  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2012/10/26/religions-largely-oppose-abortion.html 

Robert Cavalier, (2012). Jewish Attitudes Towards Abortion. Retrieved July 15, 2013.  http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cavalier/Forum/abortion/background/judaism1.html 

Susan Wilson, How do religious views impact abortion views? (2012) Retrieved July 15, 2013.  http://www.tntech.edu/files/sociology/Final_Project_1Susan_Wilson_.pdf

Abortion
In the book Abortion is a oman's Right! The authors Pat Grogan and Evelyn Reed write about why the subject of abortion is of such importance both in discussions of the rights of women but in the concept of Feminism and the place of women throughout society. Before the Roe v. ade case made abortion lawful in this country, abortions were illegal in the United States. Anyone who desired or required the abortion procedure for any reason, physical or emotional, would have to go to back alley abortionists who would be working with unsafe tools and in squalid and unsterile conditions which would be a breeding ground for bacteria and germs. Many women died during these procedures, or from the later infections directly related to the abortions. Other women were left permanently sterile or even more cripplingly debilitated by their experiences. Grogan and Reed write that: "In 1969, the year…...

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Works Cited:

Pat Grogan and Evelyn Reed, Abortion is a Woman's Right (Pathfinder, 1985).

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Teen pregnancy is a complex topic that can relate to a variety of other topics, making it possible to include body paragraphs that touch on everything from child sexual abuse to educational attainment by teen mothers.  That is because teen pregnancy does not generally exist in a vacuum, but is the result of a combination of varied social factors including race, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, educational level, and residency.

Some topics that you could include in a body paragraph in a teen pregnancy essay include:

1. The relationship between religious practices and teen pregnancy rates; are teenage girls....

Three iconic high school dance movies helped shape popular culture from the late 1970s to the late 1980s: Dirty Dancing, Grease, and Footloose.  While the movies all focused on high school aged teens, they also had other similarities that are worth exploring.  They all feature relationships with a boy from the “wrong side of the tracks” in some way.  This is reminiscent of West Side Story, the original teen dance epic.  Of course, West Side Story derives its story from Romeo and Juliet.  Your thesis could focus on those similarities or you could....

Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” is, in many ways, a traditional Hemingway tale.  What we mean by that is that the story could be read in a somewhat misogynistic manner and one of the protagonists is some version of the great white hunter that plays such a recurring role in Hemingway’s stories. 

To determine a thesis for the essay, it is important to understand the short story.  First, the story is short.  In fact, it is only four pages long.  Second, the interactions in the story only cover a very short....

I. Introduction

A. Background
Define Down syndrome
Provide a brief overview of the history of Down syndrome in Iceland
B. Thesis Statement
State the main argument or purpose of the essay: to outline the recent history of Down syndrome in Iceland and its implications.

II. Body Paragraph 1: Prenatal Screening and Abortion

A. Pre-2000s:
Describe the prevalence of Down syndrome in Iceland before widespread prenatal screening.
Discuss the cultural and social attitudes towards individuals with Down syndrome.
B. Post-2000s:
Explain the introduction of Down syndrome screening in Iceland.
Analyze the impact on the rate of Down syndrome births.
Explore the ethical....