Abortion -- and the Moment of Conception
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This 5 page report discusses the abortion issue and the circumstances that dictate the prohibition of an abortion or allows for one to take place on moral grounds. Issues related to circumstances of conception (i.e. rape), fetal development, and personal belief are presented. No sources listed.
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Abortion And The Women's Movement
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It is naturally assumed and probably correct that the women's movement began in the latter two decades of the nineteenth century. By the early 1930's, it was believed that gender roles had been culturally constructed in such a manner as to preclude such access by perpetrating a system of subjugation and beliefs that women were inferior to men. This opened the gates to advocating changes in social structure and cultural norms. From a women's history point of view the issue of abortion has run the gamut from total opposition to advocating for safe and economic access. The nineteenth-century women's rights advocates were unanimous in opposing abortion. This 5 page paper presents, in essay form, a brief history of the women's movement and the changes in attitude, within the movement, concerning abortion.
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Abortion Debate/Argumentative Essay
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A 3 page research paper/argumentative essay that examines the issues surrounding the abortion debate. Abortion is definitively the most "divisive bio-ethical issue of our time" (Levine, 1993, p. 22). In 1973, the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade ignited a national debate concerning the proper regulation of abortion that has continued to the present (Roy, 2003). Seizing on the language used by the Court, lawyers and commentators have framed this debate almost exclusively in terms of the "woman's right to abortion and the fetus' lack of a corresponding personhood right" (Roy, 2003, p. 339). Examination of this issue shows that both sides have legitimate arguments, but that there are also points on which the majority of the American people can agree. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Abortion in United States And Spain
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Abortion is a religious issue as well as a medical and social issue. The extreme range of emotions that are involved in the debate concerning abortion as a core religious and political ideologies. This 8 page paper compares the laws governing abortion in the United States and in Spain. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Abortion Rights/Proposed Solution
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A 3 page essay that offers the writer's personal opinion on abortion and offers a possible solution where consensus might be reached by the majority of the American public. The writer first briefly states the pro-life and pro-choice positions, refuting key points. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khprosol.rtf

Abortion/ Pro and Con
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A 5 page research paper that, first of all, examines arguments both pro and con on the issue of abortion. Then, the writer analyzes these arguments and offers a personal view as to which one is correct. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 99pcabo.rtf

Abortion: An Argument in Ethics
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A 6 page discussion of the ethics of abortion. The author approaches the topic from a consequentialist/nonconsequentialist view and incorporates the arguments of Aristotle, Kant's (deontological) categorical imperative of reason, and Mill's (teleological) utilitarian approach. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPaborEt.rtf

Abortion: Definitions and Ethics
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An 8 page discussion of abortion. Defines abortion as the termination of a pregnancy and contrasts governmental policy with ethics. Provides a review of important case law in abortion but concludes that while abortion may be legal under some circumstances it is never ethical. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Abortion: Legality Verses Morality
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A 6 page consideration of the issues surrounding abortion. This paper considers the contention that the human fetus should be protected at all costs because of its frailty and dependence. The author considers this contention in situation of rape and incest and in contrast to the right of a woman to control her own body but concludes that abortion can never be considered ethically or morally right. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPabort4.rtf