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    Abortion is considered to not be murdered as the fetus is not yet considered alive, however life comes at conception. The consent to having sex isn’t the consent to get pregnant, however it is consent to the possibility. A mother may be harmed by an unwanted baby, but if there is an abortion the baby receives much more. Abortion should be banned, as it is the murder of a human, having sex is the consent to the possibility of becoming pregnant so it is their responsibility, and lastly as not getting an

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    percent of the pregnancies are unintended, and 50 percent of these end in abortion. More than half (53 percent) of the unplanned pregnancies happen among the 10 percent of women who practice no contraception. Most women getting abortions are young: 55 percent are under 25, including 21 percent teenagers." It is a woman's right to decide whether or not she carries through pregnancy. When abortion is illegal,

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    Satire Essay On Abortion

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    the society. Abortion is considered to be immoral crime affecting not only the mother but also the family, the community, and most significantly the fetus. Many individuals believe that abortion is harmless and should be practiced if the child is unwanted or is the mother is in threat. However, the child has rights too, and is no different than you and I. The ideas of tolerance, in view of the thought that each human being is the expert of their own life, have contributed into letting individuals

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    Five seventh grade students in a New Orleans middle school were asked how to prevent HIV/AIDS and pregnancy. They believe, eating a hot pepper after sex will prevent STD's and unwanted pregnancy. These students attended an abstinence-only education school where they are prohibited to discuss condoms and other contraceptives to prevent STD and pregnancy (Woebse, 709-710). Since 2014 the U.S teen pregnancy birth rate dropped to 24.2 per 1000 women, 9% lower than 2013(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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    comprised mostly of industrialized or Western nations with relatively easy access to some sort of modern contraceptive, such as condoms which can be bought at most gas stations in America. With every contraceptive, there still lies a chance of pregnancy, and if one of these chance events becomes a reality the possibility of child abuse rises significantly. Children that are deemed “mistakes” by their parents begin their lives with a lower level of acceptance into the world than that of a child

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    Increase in unwanted pregnancy 3.3 Possible death 4. Effectiveness of condom usage 4.1 Protection against STDs/HIV 4.2 Study results 5. Programs of the government in the U.S. 5.1 Condom availability programs 5.2 Abstinence-only programs 5.3 Study results 6. Conclusion 7. Recommendation   Condoms, as defined by Delvin (2012), are “sheathes that trap the sperm when a man climaxes.” Crall (1999) explains the meaning of a contraceptive as “a method, device or pharmaceutical drug that prevents pregnancy.” Both

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    their pregnancy is significant as many women find themselves not being ready to take care of a baby and for them, abortion seems to be the easiest way to get out of such difficult task in life. However, when women decide to induce

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    a prescription. Oral contraceptive has been a controversial topic for years. Oral contraceptives are a common form of birth control. Birth control is used to prevent pregnancy by blocking a male’s sperm from fertilizing a female’s egg. Women take birth control to prevent pregnancy. Also, teen women can prevent unwanted pregnancies by having access to over the counter birth control pills. Birth control pills should be available without a prescription. The first reason birth control pills should

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    Birth Control: Mini Pill

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    Birth Control Birth control allows women to have children at their convenient, thereby prevent unwanted pregnancies. Common birth control method includes oral and transdermal, barrier, long acting reversible and emergency contraceptives. Although tubal ligation can be recommended for women who desires permanent sterilization. However, pregnancies can be achieved once the oral hormonal or the intrauterine device is discontinued. The progestin only contraceptive pill (POP) also known as the Mini-pill

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    prescribes an increase in population - and that this would apply to anyone capable of producing a child. So Utility is generally against abortion only when it is generally for raising the population, in which case the obligation on the woman with the unwanted pregnancy not to have an abortion is not so very much greater that than that upon the average woman to get herself pregnant. In terms of utility, the actual act of abortion is not a particularly significant

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