Essays Tagged: "Fetus"

Abortion -- The Wrong Choice

n a sperm cell unites with an ovum or egg cell' (18). Most pro-choice supporters do not believe the fetus is a person until the first or second trimester. Pro-choice people do not think abortion is mu ... cond trimester. Pro-choice people do not think abortion is murder because they consider the aborted fetus a mass or cells or tissue (Shettles 20). Abortion is the taking of innocent human life, which ...

(3 pages) 222 2 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Abortion

f happiness. Even if shedecides to give it up for adoption, she still has the burden of carryingthe fetus for nine months. Having the option to perform an abortion cansolve that obstacle. Taking away ...

(1 pages) 100 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

ABORTION

e has no right tointerfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the moment of conception, theembryo or fetus is alive. This life imposes on us a moral obligation topreserve it and that abortion is tantam ... The most commonlyused type of second trimester abortion is called dilation and evacuation.Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move, second trimester is not assimple. When as much of the fetus and ...

(5 pages) 294 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Late term abortion

t will never truly be agreed upon. An even more extreme segment of abortion, is late term abortion. Fetuses that have had major complications and are unlikly to live a normal life or even survive are ... has bought is the ability to save lives. Even of the purpose of this opperation is to kill a living fetus it is also a promise of life for the mother.It is true that a late term abortion is killing a ...

(5 pages) 237 2 3.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abortion and Don Marquis

ight to choose whether or not she has a baby or not, its her body. Anti-abortionists argue that the fetus has the right to life. Some debate whether or not the fetus is human and if it has the right t ... tion that will simply lead to a standoff. He says that a typical anti-abortionist will argue that a fetus looks like a baby or that fetuses poses characteristics like other humans, such as a genetic c ...

(8 pages) 222 1 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Simple paper on abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. When the expulsion from the womb occurs after the fetus become ... ture birth.There are two main types of abortions. Abortions may be spontaneous or induced. Expelled fetus weighing less then 0.45 kg (16 oz) or less than 20 weeks gestation are usually consider aborti ... hen there are induced abortions, which is the deliberate termination of pregnancy by removal of the fetus from the womb. It is currently performed by any of the four standard procedures according to t ...

(3 pages) 81 0 4.3 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abortion

ABORTION. The loss of a fetus before it is able to live outside the womb is called abortion. When abortion occurs spontaneou ... and vacuum aspiration. Although rarely sought, third-trimester abortions may be performed when the fetus has severe genetic defects or because continuing the pregnancy would be a threat to the woman' ... he bill. A related controversy arose in the late 1980s centering on the use of tissues from aborted fetuses for medical research and treatment. Experiments using cells from aborted fetuses showed that ...

(3 pages) 117 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

abortion

lain in the following report.Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of a nonviable fetus." Abortion might possibly be the most controversial topic right now.I'm sure by now that you'v ... erent types of abortion. Almost all abortions performed in the US are surgical abortions, where the fetus is removed by suction or other means. (Medication offers another option, to be discussed later ...

(5 pages) 152 1 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

The Ins And Outs of Abortion: abortion activists, Laws and Policies of Abortion, Landmark Court Cases, abortion techniques, long term effects, and The History of Abortion.

n naturally or on purpose. Natural abortions are caused for a variety of reasons, some in which the fetus does not develop normally, or if the mother has an injury or disorder that would prevent the b ... ortion if it is past 24 weeks, this is so they can protect the women's mental well being. After the fetus has developed the court must have a separate case, due to the fact that there may be several v ...

(15 pages) 1131 3 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abortion, and my own thoughts

ed Hysterotomies. Now according to these figures we, as the United States, killed/aborted 1,984,000 fetus'. Sure we could keep down the increase in our population at this rate, but where would we be e ... xty-three deaths per million births. Both complications and the death rate rise with the age of the fetus. I can understand that these facts portray a much better picture for abortion than carrying to ...

(3 pages) 118 1 3.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Designer Babies

limit on the number of children you can have, women are using sonograms to find out the sex of the fetus and choosing abortions if it is a girl. With these new advances in technology, it is scary to ... do with it? Some people think that it would turn into a new form of consumer choice--disregard your fetus if you are not fully satisfied with it. Also, many people are worried that state doctors may c ...

(5 pages) 91 0 3.5 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

The morality of abortion

On the question of abortion being moral, the answer is clearly that terminating a fetus' life under certain circumstances is not only moral, but it is also our responsibility to term ... al, but it is also our responsibility to terminate it if the quality of life is in question for the fetus. A second major reason is that to declare abortion immoral would mean that we would have to co ... ive. It is a far greater crime to treat a child poorly for eighteen years then it is to terminate a fetus that cannot think, feel or is aware of its existence.On the second point of making the way tha ...

(6 pages) 120 1 3.0 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

"Abortion Should Be Illegal" Why should abortion be illegal in the US? This is a persuasive essay, which provides reasons why abortion is wrong and why it should be illegal.

human, even though it isn't born, and it should be illegal in the United States.Even though it is a fetus, it is still living. It has every right to live. People say that just because it isn't born it ... ght to live. People say that just because it isn't born it doesn't matter, when really it does. The fetus is still alive and growing. If you kill it, then you kill a living thing, and not just a livin ...

(1 pages) 28076 27 2.8 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Abortion should be kept out of the Criminal Code

Abortion, termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life.When the expulsion from thewomb occurs after the fetus becomes ... from the woman at allstages of her pregnancy. Balancing the state's interest in a protection of the fetus aspotential life under s.1 against the rights of the pregnant woman under this sectionrequires ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.3 Jan/1994

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Abortion - Legality, Morality and The Catholic Church. This paper discusses the legal and moral issues surrounding aborion, also the veiw of the catholic church.

ad the right to choose whether or not to abort a pregnancy within certain constaints; however, if a fetus were a person, accourding to the Court, abortion would be found impermissible. While this deci ... ng. Upon the moment of conception, the human embryo is a person; and as a result, ensoulment of the fetus occurs simultaneously, making it\'s abortion an act at odds with moral rectitude, and a sin wi ...

(6 pages) 208 3 3.8 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Abortion Pro-life point of view

College Dictionary, abortion is the induced termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or fetus that is incapable of survival. Although that is the technical definition of abortion, not ever ... ly, the irresolvable quality of the problem shows up each time someone asks the question 'When is a fetus a person?'" (Whitney 70). This pertains directly to sanctity for many and for others it is jus ...

(6 pages) 328 3 2.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abortion....a pro-life point of view

at the instant of conception. The unborn child can even feel pain and thus proves further that the fetus is living. Women should not have the right to do anything they want with their bodies. There a ... s it. Every internal organ and external feature found in an adult human being is developed into the fetus by eight weeks after conception. A just-fertilized egg has the same genetic information as a s ...

(5 pages) 319 11 4.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Life, Death and Politics. A run-down of the abortion debate.

she has lost one of her most basic human rights. These proponents of abortion believe that while a fetus is a potential life, its life cannot be placed on the same level with that of a woman. On the ... me level with that of a woman. On the other side, the pro-life opponents of abortion argue that the fetus is human and therefore given the same human rights as the mother. Stated simply, they believe ...

(10 pages) 228 0 3.8 Jan/1993

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Title: The Abortion Issue. Analyzes both sides of the abortion issue. Talks about how controversial abortion is and also discusses the idea of beliefs and religion in relation to abortion.

rights. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica the definition of abortion is "the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about t ... it would be easy to see how abortion could be considered wrong. By willingly ending the life of the fetus you are willingly ending their possibility of a future. The fetus has the possibility of havin ...

(10 pages) 1357 4 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Abortion essays. Explains who faults it is? and What it is? and Why do we have abortion?

is an issue that has caused a revolution in modern society. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. What has been so controversial about this issue i ... is between her conscience and her God, no one else's. Because after all, whose body is carrying the fetus? Since the woman is carrying the fetus or embryo she has the right to decide what is best for ...

(9 pages) 561 11 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers