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    the reader can figure out that the characters are arguing over “the girl” having an abortion. The term “white elephant” is known as “a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of,” in this case the unborn baby is seen as a “white elephant.”

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    The word abortion refers to a pregnancy being terminated due to decision of the carrier. Abortion is a topic that arouses many debates and inflame one’s point of view. It can cause complex problems or emotional distress. There are 2 types of abortion, spontaneous, which means miscarriage, and induced, which is the process of terminating the baby through science. As I stated, abortion can cause many debates. Ruled by the Supreme Court, the 1973 landmark case, Roe vs Wade, was created over the legalization

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    Cons Of Abortion

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    The pros of abortion can be considered only if you been rape or if the ladies who is pregnant has a high-risk pregnancy or if the ladies are having a teenage pregnancy. Rape is horrible but abortion can be so helpful to these ladies because the mothers have the right to get an abortion since they went through rape and a tough time in their lives. Not only are the lady’s victims but so are the baby because there not a punishment to their mothers. The pros of getting an abortion due to rape can help

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    What is an abortion some may ask, another question that pops up just as often if not more frequently is why would anyone do that to their unborn child? An abortion in legal terms means, according to Merriam Webster dictionary, the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. Many times, a parent doesn’t feel as though adoption is the right decision to make because then they risk the chance of growing a bond with their child

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    Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. Everyone may or may not agree with abortion. Abortion has been ongoing for many centuries and throughout many different cultures. In 1803 Great Britain passed the first laws for anti-abortion. By 1880 abortions were mostly illegal in the United States unless it was to save the mother’s life. Present day abortion is perfectly legal. Before woman could pay for skilled, licensed doctors for an abortion they would go to other countries or to back-alleys to

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    In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemingway there is a huge amount of symbolism. Almost everything in the short story has a second meaning; when read for the first time I believed that it was just two adults in Zaragoza Spain enjoying drinks, while looking into the distance and seeing mountains that favor white elephants. When read the second time along with additional research I was able to distinguish the symbolism as well as the plot and theme of the story. In an

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    Liberty and Privacy in Roe v. Wade "Abolition of a women's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the state"(Abbey). This is probably what Norma ( Roe) Mc. Corvey felt in 1971 in the case Roe vs. Wade when she challenged the integrity of the Constitution about the Texas criminal abortion laws.(705) Roe thought it was her right to have an abortion even though it was not based on medical advice or a risk to her life. The case was against Henry

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    of guidelines which would essentially limit the availability of abortions to Texan women. This debate is very clearly divided into two opposing sides: pro-life and pro-choice. The pro-life side wants to pass this law, which says that clinics must be held to hospital grade standards and doctors must have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortion takes place. According to the pro-choice side and abortion clinicians themselves, “the regulations [are] expensive, unnecessary

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    Abortion

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    Abortion and Ethics Roseanna Phares SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Mr. Russell Tompkins March 26, 2012 Abortion and Ethics In today’s society, “abortion” has raised a lot of ethical controversy all over the world. The word “abortion,” means “the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.” (Abortion, 2012) This may be performed for a number of reasons. There are also many different methods of abortion. Abortion has divided people

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    Abortion: Abortions being such a controversy topic leads to people’s opinions being exposed with no intent. Abortion is defined as: “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus as a spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation--miscarriage, the induced expulsion of a human fetus, or the expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy

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