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    benefits versus harm in order to give the best care possible for mother and baby. One case of an ethical issues that emerges in obstetrics is late abortion in raped victim women. What is late term abortion related to raped victims? late term abortion which is also known as post-viability abortion is the termination of pregnancy after the 20th week of gestation. Late term

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    Apathetic About Abortion

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    Many people have become apathetic about abortion. Since humans have already been born, abortion is no threat to them personally. Many abortions happen when they are in a late term stage, which means the fetus feels the pain and suffers severely through the process. The mother does not understand the pain the fetus is in. Instead of finishing the pregnancy cycle, the mother decides to dispose of the fetus before it is born. What kind of mother would commit such an act? Women who become pregnant should

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    Is abortion wrong? Does a fetus have rights? Should a woman have the right to abort if she decides she does not want to have a child? Should a father have a say in whether a fetus is aborted or carried to term? There are countless reasons a woman may choose to have an abortion. Abortion is a controversial and emotional topic that sparks a great deal of debate. Hearing facts will assist one in deriving a more knowledgeable stance on the matter. There are several circumstances that may cause

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    another?” Based on this quote if abortion is legal, we should make murder legal as well because it is the same exact thing. Today the issue of abortion sparks many controversies, and the two major sides are pro-choice or pro-life. Even though some would say that an embryo is not a seperate being from the mother, women should not have the right to an abortion. Abortion should not be legal because it is murder, the fetuses feel pain during the procedure, and abortion causes psychological damage.

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    Pro-life Abortion Before 1973, individual states had been allowed to decide whether their state was pro-life or pro-choice. Eventually, abortion became legal in the United States. Although legalized, there still remain multiple valid reasons why abortion should not be legal. With the medical complications that come with abortion and the argument that is it or is it not murder, abortion is one of the most controversial topics of our era. Since life is given at the time of conception, abortion is an

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    feels about abortions, and how abortions relate back to the idea of slavery. As abortions are spreading all across the world many people have wondered if there are any positives to abortions? If there are not any positives to abortion then people may wonder, what are the negatives to abortions, and how do other people feel about abortions. Many people have different thoughts on how abortions could be positive. Some abortions save innocent kids from having a horrible life. Most abortions are teens

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    Abortion has been a sensitive and hot topic since the first recorded abortion in the Egyptian times, they often used unsafe herbal remedies to induce miscarriages. The earliest legal band on abortions is documented as being a 11th-century BCE Code of Assura that imposed the death penalty on married women who got an abortion without the permission of their husbands (O’Neil 34). For many years it was distasteful to discuss abortions, as well as something people kept private. In the recent years with

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    Approximately 1.2 million abortions are performed every single year in the United States (“Abortions”). Worldwide, anywhere from 20-30 million abortions are performed legally where another 10-20 million are performed illegally (“Abortion”). Is any of this news not heart wrenching for you? Abortions should not be happening anywhere in the world, there are so many ways to prevent unwanted pregnancies from ever happening. Unwanted pregnancies, can be prevented in MANY ways. The main way to avoid

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    Abortion in the United States is a major topic of debate in United States politics. People today frequently hear the terms pro-choice and pro-life, which represent the liberal and conservative views on this issue, respectively. First made illegal in the late 1800s, the federal government did not rule that abortion was legal again until the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. Despite this ruling, citizens still fight for women’s ability to terminate their pregnancies as they face legislature

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    Abortion: An Incorrect Decision When making a decision, no matter how big or small there are many personal effects to think about, especially when it comes to the life of another human. Abortion has become common in the United States, as well as other places. In 2014, 977,000 abortions occurred in the United States alone. Although this number has decreased since 2011 when the number was 1.06 million abortions, it is still too high (U.S.). Women are getting abortions without considering the

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