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    Accelerated Development: Risk of infanticide quickens monkeys' development. Ashley Braun discusses the distinct coloration of Colobus vellerosus, a colobus monkey with a tendency to kill infant primates. Braun suggests that this might occur due to the difference of fur coloration between adult males (black and white), compared to the stark white of adolescents. However, she points out that these infants usually transition to gray, but some do not. Braun states that the adult males will often kill

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    that are similar to cases regarding abortion, (2) the phrase ‘infanticide killing’ is equivalent to the phrase ‘after-birth abortion’, and (3) we cannot describe after-birth abortion as mercy killing because in here the act of killing does not occur in the interest of the person involved. This article is an endeavor to evaluate their claims. Hence the purport of mine is three fold: (1) expose to the claim that both fetus and infanticide are probable person is not undoubtedly proof, (2) after-birth

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    1. Infanticide: To kill children that is not mine. In order to let my own children have enough resources to use, I have to kill the children that are not mine, because they do not have my genes. “Replacement mates will invest less in existing offspring than will biological parents” 2. People help the most relative kinship because they own the most genes from them. People who do not have as much genetic relatives than direct related family do not have much attendance from the collateral. Therefore

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    selected studies about the diagonosis and treatment of this type of depression and the negative repercusions that it has for women and infants. Pearlstein et al. (2009) debates that women who have postpartum depression can lead to an increased risk of infanticide after the delivery of there child, with a mother that has postpartum pyschosis. This pyschosis can be triggered by previous mental health issues such as bipolar. In this study it can also be found that infancide may also occur due to neglect and

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    The second circumstance for infanticide is if the child is born with severe disabilities or deformities for the simple reason of is the child worth the investment. Is involved in a child’s life who is going to require more of an investment that an average child, and still highly unlikely to reproduce worth it? Twins are a similar circumstance. Parents have the dilemma of possibly of not having adequate resources for both children at the same time. So infanticide could be logical in this situation

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    of interest was aggression in male gorillas towards the infants of another male (infanticide). 2. Rosenbaum, S., Hirwa, J.P., Silk, J.B., Vigilant, L., & Stoinski, T.S. (2016). Infant Mortality Risk and Paternity Certainty Are Associated with Postnatal Maternal Behavior toward Adult Male Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). PloS ONE, 11(2): 1-24. 3. The hypothesis that was being tested was how infanticide ranges from occurring much more frequently in multi-male gorilla groups versus single

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    Warren’s argument is, “A fetus is not a person, hence not the sort of entity which it is proper to ascribe full moral rights” (Warren 1:1). This criticizes Thomson’s argument for abortion because Thomson avoids whether the fetus is a person or not all together in her argument, which, Warren does not agree. Therefore, I will side along with Warren that if you are arguing for abortion, you cannot get around the issue of whether the fetus is a person or not. There is no proof that denies or approves

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    Little Red Cap is the short story of a young girl who is on her way to visit her sick grandmother. Her mother instructs her to stay on the path and be careful. While on her way, she is deceived by the wolf and convinced to stray from the path. This allowed the wolf to go to her grandmother’s house before she arrived and eat her, then also eat Little Red Cap. They were both later saved by the huntsman who cut open the wolf allowing them to escape. Little Red Cap displays values of the nineteenth century

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    knowledge that their children may not be capable of handling. Originally, dystopian novels such as The Giver were solely written for adults. Many parents feel that Lois Lowry’s The Giver attracts attention to taboo issues such as sex, drugs and infanticide. Ironically, children will inevitably learn about these topics through exposure, regardless of how hard parents try to shelter them from reality. Lois Lowry sheds a light on these topics in hopes of eliciting conversation among children. It is ridiculous

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    face disaster and poverty. Faced with this predicament, unlawful actions often had to be taken. Since many women could not get the father to pay child support, pregnancy outside of marriages often lead to infanticide. Women could not afford to feed and care for these children. As infanticide rates increased, very strict and unforgiving laws were made to punish it. Mothers were required to report all pregnancies. If they did not,

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