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    Abortion – Critical Thinking New Charter University Abstract What subject has been more controversial for the last several decades than abortion? Since the decriminalization of abortion in 19731, thousands have been performed every year in the United States. Whether you are a pro-life or right-to-life supporter, or a pro-choice advocate, there are compelling arguments. Both sides use proven statistics, as well as emotional appeal to establish their points. Pro-choice groups speak to the rights

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    Abortion is a social and political issue in which we control our lives as women. Controlling our bodies clearly shows that this means the right to bear children as well as the right not to. The Supreme Court ruled that women have the right to abortion. In the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, the state cannot restrict abortion and it is the woman and the doctor’s decision to be made. During weeks thirteen to twenty-four, the state can only impose in areas that are “reasonably related to maternal health”

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    Abortion Essay

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    Psychology Abortion, You decide                           The topic of abortion has been a highly debated and highly controversial issue before America was even founded. There are many aspects of the debate and many angles that can be taken. In order to understand, and to form an opinion on the topic of abortion a person must be informed about the History of abortion, the methods

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    Abortion A. Jonathan Glover, in his article Matters of Life and Death casts dispersions on both pro-abortion and anti-abortion debates citing them as too knee-jerk emotional reactions diminishing the inherent complexity of the other side (1. Glover, CC2006, p. 0110). Glover comprehensively addresses the key points of both sides of the abortion debate and evaluates their inherent virtues, especially for those who hold these opinions, then methodically points out its flaws. Ultimately, Glover comes

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    Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a perfect example of the advocacy of women’s equality of conformist feminism. This is important in the progress of many of her works. Her work examined the mixing process in the downgrading of women. Wollstonecraft detected that the social standards, morals, rules and traditional practices commanded and suggested detailed methods on how a woman should act. Women who don’t conform to these standards result in them being called freaks or

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    Mary Anne Warren Analysis

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    Mary Anne Warren argues in the position that abortion is morally permissible because the fetus is not a person therefore has no rights and not considered immoral to be killed. I shall argue that Warren’s argument in invalid since the claims of argument cannot be proven. The general argument made from Warren is (1) If a person, they have the right to life, (2) The fetus is not considered a person, and (3) Therefore, since the fetus is not a person they do not have a right to life. Also, (4) A

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    Abortion is Murder People like to sugarcoat things to forget what they are truly doing. They do this in order to make themselves feel better, to give themselves a better cause. For example, most pro-choicers do not prefer to use the word kill, rather, they use the word abort. They also try to claim that the fetus is nothing more than tissue. But, when does tissue become human? Can anyone truly say when something becomes a human? The phrase that a fetus is nothing more than tissue is not only

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    Women In The 1990s

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    lives lost in a bid to get job opportunities . The situation was very disastrous to the economy. The law on abortion continued to work in force in both the Western and the eastern Germany even after the unification. The legislation that appeared pleasing to the women to combat their counterparts was killing more of the females in the coming generations besides the males. However, before late the law was

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    A Secular Defense of Pro-Life

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    A Secular Defense of Pro-Life The pro-life stance on abortion is often associated with and defended by traditional Christian beliefs , ; however, this paper will argue that it can and should be defended with secular arguments that appeal to reason and our shared human condition. This paper will try and counter the notion that the argument is simply another battlefield where religion and secular thought meet. Rather, it is an important issue that carries with it heavy implications not only for the

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    The CWLU was established in the late 1960s. The sixties were dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, assassination of US President John F Kennedy. The 60s also saw the Cuban Missile Crisis and the first man landing on the moon. At the time, women were being sexually discriminated and had no rights whatsoever. They were treated less than men and basically couldn't do anything except for household work. They took a stand against being sexually separated from men. They formed the “Chicago

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