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    day I have been dreading since the last month. It was the season opener for the Illinois circuit of Debate. Teams from all over Illinois are coming to Schaumburg high school to compete and claim victory in two events of debate. I was one of the few competitors who are competing instead of helping the coaches run the tournament. It was 8:00 A.M. in the morning and it was time for my first round of debate ever. I felt so uncomfortable in my suit, I fear was engulfing me into it. I was very nervous and

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    The Great Debates is a drama that was released in the year 2007, it is based on a real life story of an African American man named, Melvin B. Tolson. Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington plays Melvin B. Tolson in the movie. Melvin B. Tolson was a professor at Wiley College Texas. In the year 1935, Mr. Melvin B. Tolson, motivates the students to join their school’s first debate team. The team made it all the way up to compete with Harvard in the national championship, furthermore, Harvard

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    The Abortion Debate

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    opposed too abortion that it should be illegal. Abortion i not a question about opinions it is question about rights.The sides in the conflict are chose by the fetus,which is the baby,the pregnant women,the male and the parents of the women.This debate is democracy in action. Almost half of the pregnancies

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    The Debate Of Abortion

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    The Debate on Abortion The topic of abortion has always been a controversial deal. The store Hobby Lobby will not allow people who believe in abortion to work with their company. Webster's defines abortion as a medical procedure used to end a pregnancy and cause the death of the fetus. In 1973 through 2011 nearly 53 million legal abortions were performed in the united states. Abortion is a cruel thing to do and should not be legal. Abortion is murder. Life begins at conception, so unborn babies

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    freshman year, I wasn’t sure where I’d fit in, but I knew what I wanted to accomplish. I wanted to increase my confidence when it came to public speaking, what better way to do that then to join the debate team, I thought.. It was the first day of school and I wasn’t quite sure how to approach my debate class, I was afraid everyone would be much more qualified to be on the team then me. Afraid of the judgement and if I’d be of any use to the team throughout the year. But it was too late to turn back

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    The Debate Of Abortion

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    The debate over if abortion should be legal or not has always been a controversial issue. Opponents, identifying themselves as pro-life, claim that abortion is the killing of an innocent. Proponents, identifying themselves as pro-choice, claim that abortion is a fundamental right to all women thus; it should be allowed. One argument against abortion is that it is murder. This argument assumes that life begins at conception, so the unborn have a right to life. Nevertheless, personhood begins after

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    Abortion Debate

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    Your Opinions Ends Where My Choice Begins In the past years, abortion has been one of the biggest topics of discussion. Many people of different backgrounds views abortion or expulsion of a fetus to be murder. Why should anyone who has not faced this decision voice their opinion on a situation that does not affect them? A woman is entitled to make her own decisions regarding to her body. Abortion should be justified because it is her body, she has to live with the outcome, and she might not be

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    The Abortion Debate

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    Abortion is a very heated topic in society. There are many different views and beliefs about abortion and if it should be banned or kept. There are many different factors to abortion. Some people believe life begins at conception or that life begins after the birth of the child. Is abortion murder or is it not? Planned Parenthood provides the abortion procedure for women, but it comes under a lot of fire from pro-life protesters. I do agree with the article from Nathanson. I am pro-life and believe

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    The Abortion Debate

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    Abortion In the year of 1973 the supreme court ruled in favor of legalizing abortion, many of the America women liked this law because it would them the more freedom to make their own decisions for themselves. In the issue of abortion there are two sides, pro-life and pro- choice, these two sides has been the topic for a lot of arguments in the past and even now. The questions that many people ask are: Is abortion beneficial to the person? Or are there certain situations that will allow women to

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    The Abortion Debate

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    Abortion is the most controversial right being debated in the United States today. People from both ends have powerful opinions over the topic. Truth is that most Americans today have at least one friend or family member that has had an abortion in the past or is in the process of having one done. As human beings, we form a variety of opinions based on the situation we are presented with, but for the most part when speaking about abortions people are very close-minded. Most Americans narrow their

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