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The Abortion Debate in American Society, 2001.
This paper explores the arguments for and against abortion in America.
3,930 words (approx. 15.7 pages), 11 sources, £ 74.95
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This paper takes the position of an individual's right to choose in regard to the issue of Abortion. It examines the roles of religion, science, and women's rights in the arguments of the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice movements. It discusses the desire for a consensus to be reached between the two camps, and draws a conclusion for abortion to be a basic legal and moral right.
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"Abortion is one of the most divisive issues currently facing the American public. Unfortunately, it is also an issue in which the opposing sides seem to be continually unable to have calm and rational discussion. All too often these debates take place bracketed on the one side by the pro-lifers? insistence that all of abortion is murder, and on the other by the pro-choice fear that pregnancy reduces women to a state of slavery. The public seems to be buying both the pro-life and pro-choice arguments, which would indicate that perhaps they have more in common than might be thought at first glance. It seems possible that while abortion may in some cases be equivalent to killing a true human being, there is still not adequate cause to deny its availability, or its national funding."
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The Abortion Debate, 2006.
A look at both sides of the abortion debate.
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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This paper presents a brief summary of arguments on both sides of the abortion debate and expresses the hope that, ultimately, both sides will be able to objectively evaluate the issue and, following the democratic philosophy of this country, determine an answer that is best for the common good.
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"Those who offer rebuttal to this life-at-conception philosophy, state that there is "life" from the moment of conception in the sense that it is a biological entity that alters food and oxygen into energy and its cells divide and grow. However, the truer question is whether it is a "person"? There the disagreement comes. Webster's Dictionary defines a person as "an individual or existing as an indivisible whole; existing as a distinct entity." From the moment of conception, the living entity does not have a human consciousness nor is it physically independent. Thus, abortion is not murder, because it is not an independent person."
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The Abortion Debate, 2006.
A critical examination of both sides of the abortion debate.
1,967 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The paper discusses the religious and social moral codes that have played a major role in both preventing and encouraging abortion. The writer further discusses how religious beliefs have generally been interpreted as against abortion, while the behavior and circumstances have often necessitated abortion of unwanted pregnancies.
The writer states that hundreds of thousands of women undergoing abortion die throughout the world each year at the hands of illiterate and untrained midwives. In conclusion the paper examines the arguments for and against abortion and proposes a careful approach where abortion is kept legal within a specified term of pregnancy and women are educated to seek help as early as possible in the course of pregnancy.
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"After viewing the arguments we must appreciate the human side of the abortion debate. An unplanned pregnancy is cause of great misery among the teenagers. The sexual freedom available today gives rise to cases where despite all precautions pregnancy may result. If the parents believe that bringing a child into the world will result in problems for the woman and for the baby then availability of abortion as a legally permitted possibility has to be welcomed."
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The Abortion Debate in Canada, 2002.
An overview of the abortion debate as it is seen in Canada.
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 8 sources, £ 39.95
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A brief history of abortion and abortion legislation in Canada will be outlined. Subsequently, the arguments advanced by advocates of abortion will be explored. Next the arguments of opponents of abortion will be considered. A brief conclusion will review the preceding arguments and attempt to reach some general conclusions.
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The Abortion Debate, 2006.
This well-researched paper examines both sides of the much-debated and controversial issue of abortion.
4,307 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, £ 79.95
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This paper delves into the legal, ethical and religious aspects surrounding abortion, while also focusing on the feminist view of this hotly-debate topic. The writer of this paper traces the roots of the abortion debate back to Susan B. Anthony. Anthony opposed abortion because the medical procedure, in her time, was unsafe and endangered a woman's health and life. This paper examines how feminists today defend the development of safe and effective birth control as a means to prevent abortion. This paper also looks at the views of various feminist organizations such as Feminists for Life and Feminists Against Abortion. This paper discusses the media's impact in the evolution of the "Pro-Choice" and "Pro-Life" movements. This paper also discusses how the laws regarding legal abortions have changed over the past 40 years. In 1965, all 50 states banned the procedure, with some exceptions. In 1973, The Supreme Court reversed the situation in the case of Roe vs. Wade, declaring most existing state abortion laws unconstitutional. The writer of this paper explores the issue of abortion in various religions, including Judaism and the different Christian sects. While those of the Catholic faith do not believe that abortion is an acceptable solution to undesired pregnancies, they do accept that there may be situations when an abortion must be considered. This paper also touches on the ethical side, where many believe that abortions should only be considered when the life of the mother is at stake. However, shades of grey enter into the picture when other reasons are offered as well, as detailed in this paper.
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"Although those of the Catholic faith do not believe that abortion is an acceptable solution to undesired pregnancies, they do accept that there may be situations when an abortion takes place as the outcome of trying to deal with another medical issue. For example, the Church would allow "the doctrine of double effect" if the mother requires a life-saving operation that may possibly end the pregnancy, since it is the first priority to save the woman's life rather than end the pregnancy.
Many Protestant denominations including the Anglicans, Methodists and Quakers have been disinclined to be as strict as the Catholic Church. Frequently, they accept that there are certain occasions when abortion is an unavoidable result of deciding between the "lesser of two evils."
To further complicate the issue, explains Ellingson, there is even disagreement among the Catholics and among the Protestants. "It is not just a Catholic and Protestant Debate."
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The Abortion Debate, 2005.
An in depth discussion on abortion and its moral ramifications
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper contends that few topics in American politics are more explosive and more divisive than abortion. It explains that although the legal history of abortion is relatively short, it is complicated and continues to be actively debated and pursued by activists on both sides of the argument: pro-choice activists are refocusing their fight to achieve greater access to abortions for all women and pro-life activists, while combating these new pro-abortion pursuits, continue to fight for an overturning of the original decision that led to the legalization of abortion, Roe v. Wade. This paper reviews a representation of the literature on the abortion debate, as well as the legal history and moral debate.
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"More than thirty years after Roe the jury is still out. Few topics in American politics are more explosive and more divisive than abortion. Perhaps this is because it encompasses a vast combination of one's constitutional rights, moral issues, religious belief .."
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The Abortion Debate, 2002.
Argues against the government's right to force a woman to carry an unwanted child.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper examines the abortion debate from several points but focuses on whether or not the government should make abortion illegal. The author of the paper is of the opinion that we might do all we can to discourage people from having an abortion, and the disapproval of society would have an effect. However, the government should not be able to compel a woman to carry her child to term if that is not her wish. The paper examines views of several authors on the subject, such as Zillah R. Eisenstein ("The Female Body and the Law") and B.M. Leiser ("Liberty, Justice, and Morals").
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"The essential legalization of abortion and contraception has little to do with the various moral arguments offered or even with medical concerns about safety or physical or psychological health. The abortion decision before the Supreme Court was based on a question of privacy rights. Privacy issues intersect with the Constitution in several different aspects, though there is no specific right of privacy enumerated in the Constitution. One dimension of privacy involves questions of "life styles" and control of a person's body (Mason and Stephenson 442)."
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The Abortion Debate, 2004.
Presents arguments for and five arguments against abortion.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 37.95
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This paper begins with a discussion of the way abortion has been regarded throughout different periods and governments in history. It then goes on to look at the legal and ethical questions surrounding the issue of abortion and to examine some of the arguments presented both in favor of and in opposition to the legalization of abortion. The paper concludes with the author of the paper taking a position that favors legalized abortion.
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"What will the world say? That the Americans cannot articulate, legislatively, that human life is expensive, that an infant's life is possibly the most valuable of all other lives, as well as that the American people want to make sure that women are positioned in an ?ethical? atmosphere in which judgments on the subject of life and death are taken sincerely and dealt with as matters of ethical seriousness. A lot of women, maybe most, by now treat this matter as an ethically serious subject, however, many do not, it is for them a structure of birth control, and even those who do might not, forever, evidently see, and therefore fully sense, what is at risk. Let them and others see it and then act accordingly to help womanhood."
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The Abortion Debate, 2005.
Position paper arguing against abortion.
1,333 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 30.95
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In this paper the author briefly takes a look at arguments on both sides of the abortion controversy and then argues his own position that abortion should not be legal unless having the baby would endanger the mother's life.
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"After three decades of legalized abortion in the United States, it is still a controversial topic (Earll, 2003). Many abortion supporters do not understand why the nation is still divided on the topic after all this time. According to Sammon (2002): "Abortion is one of those issues that will be argued forever with never an answer agreed upon by competing factions. It's a debate that manages to combine medicine, technology, morals, politics and religion all in one bitter brew." This paper aims to determine what drives this ongoing opposition to abortion."
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A Discussion of Positions Within the Abortion Debate, 2002.
This paper addresses the controversy surrounding abortion.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper addresses the controversy surrounding abortion in order to better provide the reader with the positions of those who favor and those who oppose abortions.
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The Abortion Debate, 2006.
A position paper arguing against the right of a woman to choose to have an abortion.
1,134 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper argues that abortions are morally wrong no matter what the circumstances. The paper compares the decision to abort a fetus based on information that the baby, once born, would suffer from a handicap throughout its life to a class system where people would be allowed terminate the lives of children already born but suffering from some severe malady.
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"As early as 1869, the issue of abortion was hotly debated. In her publication The Revolution, Susan B. Anthony wrote, "Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!" Still, even today the rhetoric rages on. However, babies are still dying, women are still being lied to by the medical profession, and men are still virtually blameless in the murders of America's children."
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Abortion Debate, 1999.
Examines the complexity of pro & con attitudes. Discusses the legal history, genetic testing and handicapped fetuses, Court decisions, cultural and religious aspects and individualism.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, £ 32.95
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"THE ABORTION ISSUE
People's attitudes toward abortion are more complicated than simply pro or con (Lee, Kleinbach, Hu, Peng, & Chen, 1996, pp. 131-148). The reason for this attitudinal complexity is that these topics involve various issues such as cultural and religious values, politics, ethics/morality, economy, medicine, and law.
Americans ideologically emphasize human values or rights for every individual (Corey, 1996, p. 46). It is the definition of "individual" that often leads to problems. When the individual is viewed as a sentient being, a woman's right to an abortion is typically justified. When a fetus also is viewed as an individual, however, the rights of two individuals clash. When a woman is viewed as a free individual with the right to make choices that affect her ..."
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Debating the Issue of Abortion, 2000.
The following research paper examines the abortion debate from 1896 until today, focusing on the anti-abortionists, pro-life activists and the right to have an abortion for personal or health reasons.
1,460 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper covers the different issues in the abortion debate. It covers both sides- pro-choice and pro-life. Although a conclusion is not made, the closing statement reads similar to the beginning. The issues surrounding abortion seem to be questions that must be answered by each individual searching his or her own heart and soul.
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"Abortion has been, and probably always will be, a very controversial subject among people of all ages. There are many aspects of the controversy: morality, legality, and safety. Many people ask whether abortion is moral; they question whether it is right or wrong. Others ask whether a woman should be permitted by law to have an abortion and, if so, under what circumstances. There are two sides that directly oppose each other. People who are against abortion label themselves as being ?pro-life." Those who are for women?s choice concerning abortion are described as being ?pro-choice." Safety is another area of controversy. Many question the hazards involved with abortion- emotional and physical. With these three issues, the abortion controversy continues."
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Abortion and Society, 2002.
An overview of abortion and its impact on society including legal implications.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper looks at the emotive subject of abortion and how it affects society along with views and ideas upon such aspects. The paper also looks at the legal implications through Roe v Wade.
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