I have chosen the topic of burial of the fetus because I believe that even though the fetus was never a “whole person” I still think it deserves proper burial or have the fetuses’ tissues be used for something good like organ donation or research for finding cures. There have been several videos and breaking news about people selling fetal tissues after an abortion although, some allegations may not be true Texas decided to take action before anything like that happened in the state. As of 2017, Texas is passing laws to require women who have abortions to have their unborn child buried or cremated. The state of Texas being predominantly Republican is overall against the idea of abortions therefore, they believe that the aborted tissues of the …show more content…
This district consists of ten county region central and East of Texas. Schwerter has been a Senator since 2013, and is a member of a Human Services committee. He is a Chairman of the Senate committee on the Health and Human Services; this committee is “responsible of setting public health policies and regulations for the state (insert citation)”. Schwertner has a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at UT of Austin and a M.D. at UT Medical Branch in Galveston. A news article called “The Best and Worst Legislators 2015” This article lists several of the legislators in the year 2015 and listed Schwertner as one of the worst legislator. The article described the legislator like a “tyrant, limiting public debate and cutting people off (Grieder, Mann, Ratcliffe, Sweany, Texas Monthly Staff, 2015)”. It gives examples like claiming that Schwertner “blocked the texting while driving bill though he voted for it (Grieder, Mann, Ratcliffe, Sweany, Texas Monthly Staff, 2105)”. The article basically bashed the legislator and didn’t give any credit for the good things he did do while a legislator. Schwertner’s bill was “engrossed on March 3, 2017 and is in fifty percent progression; on March 16, 2017, was received from the Senate. Twenty Republicans and one Democrat sponsors the bill. The bill states that “women are allowed to have an abortion if an only if the women is at risk of dying, or if the unborn child has severe irreversible brain damage (Schwertner, 2016)”. The bill declares that “hair or blood, blood components (including plasma), blood derivatives, or blood reagents is not included as a human organ (Schwertner, 2016)”. If a person buys fetal tissues for use of research without any permission or license they will be fined for “no more than $10,000(Schwertner, 2016).” If law is violated the person will go “state jail (Schwertner,
(Antevil, Jeffrey. Supreme Court rules on Roe vs. Wade in 1973. New York Daily News. print.) So the court analyzed abortion laws and its history from then till now, and with that they found 3 justifications for outlawing abortions: "a Victorian social concern to discourage illicit sexual conduct"; protecting the health of women; and protecting prenatal life.” (McBride, Alex. Roe v. Wade (1973). The Supreme Court. December 2006. Print.) The Court denied the first two as they were pointless but as for the third, the Court disputed that fetal life wasn’t necessarily a "person" as said and guarded in the U.S. Constitution. Culturally, although a few associations view fetuses as human beings that justify full rights, no general agreement exists. The Court than stated that Texas was thus capturing that only one "view" of many individuals. Securing all fetuses beneath this outlook of prenatal life wasn’t amply valuable to explain the state's prevention of roughly all
The Texas anti-abortion law has taken the country’s attention by storm. It is an issue on many different woman’s minds, especially those who live in the state of Texas. The new laws are forcing many woman to have to cross state lines in order to receive an abortion and medical care. This includes woman who needs abortions due to preexisting medical conditions and those who are carrying fetuses which are diseased and are expected not to be born as healthy babies. The Texas Governor Rick Perry and Senator Ted Cruz are leading the fight for the abortion laws to become permanent, laws that are considered the strictest abortion laws that this country has ever seen.
To further go into detail of the bill it states, that a pregnant woman considering an abortion must be given the opportunity to view the fetal ultrasound and hear the auscultation of the fetal heart tone at least 18 hours before the abortion is performed. It correspondingly requires the state department of health to submit copies of admitting privileges and written agreements between physicians to other hospitals in the county and contiguous counties where abortions are performed. To conclude, a miscarried or aborted fetus must be interred or cremated by a facility having possession of the remains.
The text Burial Rites written by Hannah Kent focuses on the true story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland, her punishment for playing part in the murder of two men. She is sent to wait out her days on the farm of a district officer, Jón Jónsson with his two daughters and wife. Naturally, the family are horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst. Borne from this, the family refuse to talk to her. A young man, Toti is appointed as her spiritual guardian in the last days of her life, throughout the text, he attempts to redeem her soul by asking her to recount her life.
Texas is a key state when it comes to looking at abortion policy, and the laws surrounding it. The fight for a women’s right of choice regarding her body came about in Texas in 1969 with the supreme court case regarding a women’s right to an abortion. Now, in 2016 the state of Texas continues to fight with congress regarding issues surrounding women obtaining an abortion. The HB2 bill, which people from all over the country are fighting both for, and against, is in the eye of the camera as Texas implements some of the strictest rules yet regarding who, when, where, and how abortions can be performed.
Sadiksha Shrestha Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2306-71001 26 Sept. 2017 I am running for Texas State Senate from District 16 for the upcoming election. For 2014 Texas State Senate election the candidates were Don Huffines and Mike Dooling. There were no representatives from my party for the election of 2014, hence this year I have decided to represent my political party to serve the people of Texas. Mike Dooling was an amazing candidate, who is a libertarian representative, but he did not appear for the general election. Don Huffines won the general election without any opposition. The map of our district was gerrymandered to benefit some special groups. For this election, I would like to stand up against Senator Huffines to
. With a population of roughly 26 million, Texas has a unique blend of languages, cultures, and political ideologies. With such a huge population and varying interests, there are many representatives to help voice the majority concerns and interests within the state. These representatives hold office in varying levels of government such as local, state, and national government positions. My permanent home is in Keller, Texas, and I am represented at all three levels of government. My local government consists of six city council members who all represent the city of Keller. The council consists of members: Debbie Bryan, Gary Reaves, Tom Cawthra, Bill Dodge, Bill Hodnett, and Rick Barnes. Further up in the chain of government is Representative Giovanni Capriglione. Representative Capriglione represents me in the state government level in the 98th district. Finally, in the national level of government, republican Congressman Michael C. Burgess represents me. Congressmen Burgess represents congressional district 26. Michael Burgess addresses several needs of the citizens of the 26th district and has taken certain stances on a variety of issues and topics. Three issues Congressman Burgess considers priorities are energy, federal spending, and health care. Burgess has made headlines regarding the stances he has taken on these issues. Burgess believes that his stances best represent the 26th district of Texas and serve the citizens best. Along with his role of congressman,
Aside from that, House Bill 1337 also requires that the bodies of aborted or miscarried babies be buried or cremated properly. Also, abortionists with hospital admitting privilege should renew the every year, the report details.
No, Governor Quinby was not correct when he stated that Lieutenant Governor Smithers did not have the power to assign the abortion bill to the Health and Safety Committee. The Lt. Gov. has the complete authority in deciding which bill is assigned to which committee because he is the President of the Senate. In the text it says that “by not accepting his committee recommendation he was abdicating his LT. Gov. responsibilities,” however, that is not true because his responsibility as the president of the senate is to assign bills to the committee who he sees best fit. It also states that the LT. Gov. thought that the bill imposed the Governor’s religious beliefs on the people of Texas therefore he thought that the bill was not something he wanted to pass. He assigned it to the Health and Safety committee so that the bill would not pass and that is okay because he has the power to do so.
It has been more than 25 years since a major rework has been done on the state’s ethic laws. The current legislature is again under scrutiny for flimsy disclosure rules, legislative conflicts of interest, lobbyist wining and dining congressional members, and extravagant lifestyles fueled by special interest groups. “Dark money” has had a corrupting influence on politics so without reforms those abuses will eventually visit Texas.
Texas continues to fight women’s rights groups for the life of the “unborn child” and has won on many levels. According to the Texas Abortion Laws, Texas includes mandatory ultrasound imaging and parental consent for minors, and women must make at least four visits to a doctor and receive an ultrasound. Women may only receive a third trimester abortion if it is necessary to prevent death or substantial risk of serious impairment to a women’s physical or mental health, or if fetus has severe and irreversible abnormality. Texas considers an illegal abortion if it destroys the vitality or life of child in birth or before (which otherwise would have been born alive); operating a facility without a license, failure to meet Board of Health standards, or failure to make reports to Department of Health; act preformed after pregnancy with intent to cause termination of pregnancy other than for purpose of birth of live fetus or removal
Abortion, when the topic comes up, it is usually something people do not like to discuss. People may tend to avoid this issue for fear of offending or angering others but it is extremely important that the horrors of this brutal practice be addressed. During the years 1965-1996 over 515 million babies have been murdered, this is if you add the number of chemical and surgical abortions (www.rockforlife.org). This is what we need to understand: abortion kills and we need to know where it came from.
The first ethical issue will be right to life and abortion. Abortion remains controversial and a highly debated subject. The ethical debate concerning abortion is the considerations of a woman’s autonomy and the rights of the woman and the unborn child. The parent/ child relationship and assessing the best interests of potential children also provide considerable scope for ethical discussion. (Jones K, Chaloner C 2007). A factor in the ethical future of abortion is the perception of morality, or of actively ending the life of an unborn human being. This process of deductive reasoning explains the most common anti-abortion argument: First, the fetus is an innocent human being. Second, it is morally wrong to kill an innocent human being and lastly, it is morally wrong to kill a fetus. This reasoning can also be applied to support a viewpoint to those who support abortion. First the fetus has no moral status. Secondly, it is not morally wrong to destroy that which has no moral status. Lastly, it is not morally wrong to destroy a fetus.
Ethics can be defined as a set of principles which dictate what is considered as morally ‘good’ and ‘bad’. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy through a medical procedure which results in the death of a fetus. Within ethics, there are many arguments as to whether abortion should be permitted in society as many regard it as an act of murder and others simply see it as a decision that should be given to the mother only. The issue of abortion remains to be one of the most controversial topics in society, which causes an inevitable clash of opinion. Through the exploration of philosophical principles, we are able to evaluate the origins of such opinions. In the same way, utilitarianism equates wrongness or blameworthiness of an action with its resultant pain or unhappiness. The central principle of utilitarianism expresses the belief that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Since utilitarianism differentiates ethical and unethical actions on the basis of the outcomes of those actions, it falls into the consequentialist class. With this belief, utilitarianism challenged traditional views that abortion was an 'evil ' act, arguing instead that the end justifies the means. In contrast, the deontologist would consider the intent of the person seeking an abortion in evaluating its ethical standing. In addition to this, postmodernism argues that, since there is
Amy is having difficulty with depression as well. She is unable to move to the last stage of grief, acceptance, until then she will be stuck in the same stage, reliving the same emotions over and over until she is able to cope with the feelings that were aroused