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Moral Complexity in Abortion, 2003.
This papers analyzes the philosophical issues and moral conflicts that arise from abortions performed on victims of rape.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This papers looks at the moral complexities of abortion when performed on a woman rape victim. The paper examines how these complexities lead to conflicts -- within the individual, between doctors and patients, and within the wider medical community.
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"Without fail the issue of abortion elicits passionate reactions from virtually everyone who discusses it due the emotional personal nature of the subject. The philosophical questions that such a topic raises often strike at the very heart of one's religious..."
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Morality and Abortion, 2005.
This paper discusses the moral question of abortion and looks at the opposing views of authors Mary Anne Warren and Don Marquis.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 62.95
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This essay addresses the moral debate over abortion between Mary Anne Warren and Don Marquis. The writer notes that the first author argues that morally abortion is permissible and the second author argues that it is not. The essay analyses both arguments and attempts to answer which one is more persuasive and why. Also, the essay explains which moral theory is more helpful in discussing this issue.
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"This essay addresses the moral debate over abortion. It looks at two philosophical arguments, the first a pro-abortion point of view by Mary Anne Warren and the second by Don Marquis who argues that abortion is morally wrong. The essay looks at the two arguments in order to examine which why is more persuasive. It also looks at which of these two moral theories is most helpful in thinking about the issue of abortion. This essay argues that although both sets of arguments make valid points and both have solid philosophical background neither can attribute much to the resolution of this issue."
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Abortion: Acting Against Moral Law, 2003.
A pro-life discussion of abortion and its moral implications.
2,219 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper presents the Catholic view of the moral issues involved in abortion. The arguments are supported by various Christian sources, varying from the Bible, catechism, quotes from Pope John Paul II and the teachings of Jesus. The paper focuses on the reasons for the Catholic church's pro-life stance, concentrating on articles from the Catechism, biblical passages, the ten commandments and moral law.
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"Since the first century, the Roman Catholic Church has affirmed the moral evil of every produced abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable, despite the outlook of the law and society. Present society possesses a great dilemma on the issue of abortion. Many agree while others strongly oppose, making the issue very problematic. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to Catholic moral law and raises many ethical issues. Some of the issues surrounding abortion are the disrespect for human life and the promotion and acceptance of selfishness. Many moral questions are also raised regarding abortion being constituted as murder of an innocent child."
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The Morals of Abortion, 2004.
A discussion of the justification of abortion in the case of rape or ill health.
1,039 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper looks at how, as years go by, the debate over the ethics and morality of abortion rages on. There are those against it and those for it if certain circumstances apply. It attempts to answer the question of when abortion is morally acceptable or whether it should be considered immoral all the time. It puts forward the author's view that abortion is morally acceptable only in circumstances where the woman was raped or her health is at risk, whether it be her life or her fertility.
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"In the case of rape, anti-abortionists argue that it is wrong to have an abortion as well. They use the right to life argument again and state that a fetus has just as much right to life as the woman does and it would be unfair to consider the woman more of a person than the fetus, considering a person?s right to life is protected by the constitution. I will grant them the fact that a fetus is a person and I will still prove their argument to be weak. Regarding rape, a woman didn?t ask to be violated and raped. Abortion is not wrong here because she did not give the fetus consent to use her body. This abortion should not be considered unjust because it initially violated the woman?s rights and should not have happened in the first place."
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Moral Impermissibility of Abortion, 2007.
A discussion regarding the moral and legal implications of abortion.
1,289 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the controversial topic of abortion. According to the paper, people's opinions regarding abortion depend on their belief system, values and personal experiences. The paper then goes on to discuss the pro-choice or pro-life debate.
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"This is the first solid argument to sustain the moral impermissibility of induced abortion. Because having an abortion equals the death of a life growing inside, as a natural result of unprotected sexual intercourse. It is therefore considered that the new life, the fetus, did not have a choice. And having an artificial abortion furthermore deprives him/her of the right to chose (whether to live or not). So, if it's about the right to chose and the freedom to decide your own destiny, an intentional removal of a growing life is not and can never be the right answer. "
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The Issue of Abortion and Abortion Law, 2001.
This paper examines the issues of abortion and abortion law
6,015 words (approx. 24.1 pages), 20 sources, $ 142.95
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This paper examines various aspects of abortion and abortion law such as social and ethical concerns as well as the law, and more specifically concerned to that of women's rights.
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"While medical science is making abortion much safer for the woman, the debates and the legal battles continue unabated. In the United States, the battles rage in the courts, the Congress and state legislatures. There have even been violent confrontations in the clinics where abortions are performed. There are people in favor of giving the woman the right to abort, and people who are not prepared to allow abortion except when it puts the life of the mother in danger. In between these two extreme positions, we have people taking intermediate positions."
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Abortion Is Not a Legal Issue, 2006.
This paper focuses strictly on the physical standpoint of abortion, as opposed to the moral and legal aspects, in which the writer proves why abortion should not be allowed to exist.
1,830 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The writer of this paper does not dwell on the moral, religious or legal platform of abortion, yet focuses on the debatable issue from a strictly physical standpoint. This paper defines abortion as the knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child or the intentional expulsion or removal of an unborn child from the womb. This paper discusses the pros and cons regarding the availability of the RU-486 abortion pill as well as other abortion procedures. The RU-486 pill, which can be used within the first eight weeks of pregnancy, is a milestone to the abortion coalition. This paper examines the argument surrounding the viability of an unborn fetus in which the generally accepted rule for viability is around 28 weeks.
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"Cases have been reported of babies born four months premature, and weighing only one pound, nine ounces, surviving. If the abortion advocates could see what was being murdered they may not take it so lightly. For example, Cheryl Kondroski was 21 weeks pregnant when it was discovered that her baby had a very serious heart problem. After further testing showed that there was absolutely no chance of the baby even surviving the pregnancy, the decision was made to terminate the pregnancy. Labor was induced, and the little boy was born. Cheryl and the father were allowed to hold the baby. He was approximately 8 ? inches long and weighed a little over 1? pounds. Cheryl said, "His ears were still glued to his head. His eyes were shut, but his mouth was open. Everything, even fingernails and hair on his face, was there." Can anyone see this experience and still say that because this child could not survive on its own it was not a real child? Absolutely not."
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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, $ 39.95
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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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Abortion, 2002.
A paper on the ethical and moral issues of abortion.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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A paper which looks at the ethical and moral issues of abortion and how the ethics and morals codes such as liberalism and conservatism can affect the outcome of views. The paper discusses the famous Supreme Court ruling in the Roe vs. Wade abortion case.
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"The anti abortionists believe that many of these abortions are unnecessary, and a waste of life, and many also believe that the conducting of an abortion in a sin against God. This becomes a difficult scenario, as when religion enters into an argument for many logic and reason becomes a hypothetical matter. Normally law abiding people will break the law in order to protect those who they feel need protecting and are unable to protect themselves. They are acting illegally in order to try to up hold what they believe to be a higher law."
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Fetal Development and Abortion, 2004.
This paper looks at the moral aspects regarding abortion.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The writer of this paper argues that the core of the moral question regarding abortion is "personhood," not biological human life as such. The writer discusses that the stages of fetal development can therefore be taken into account in formulating the ethics and law of abortion. The writer also looks at the anti-abortion position.
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"'Fetal Development' and 'Abortion Abortion' say anti-abortion activists or pro-life activists, as they prefer to be called, is murder. The anti-abortion position applies this not only to fetuses nearing full term and just about to be born into the world, but to embryos that have just been fertilized and that as of yet have no heart, lungs, nervous system or brain. The argument will be made below that the fundamental, legal and ethical question with respect to abortion is one of personhood. Personhood is ... "
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Abortion, 2007.
An argument against the legality and morality of abortion.
3,036 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the debate regarding abortion. It begins by defining abortion and discussing the circumstances in which it may come about. The writer presents his personal opinion regarding the abortion debate and then continues to discuss the many legal and ethical arguments against abortion. The paper concludes that there is strong case against abortion because it is immoral.
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"Another group of medical opinions against abortion enclose the meaning of life and death. If one set of norms has been used to describe death, could they also be utilized to describe life? Death is described by the pause of heartbeat. A stopped up heart is an obvious sign of death. If the pause of heartbeat could describe death, could the beginning of a heartbeat describe life? In the womb, the heart is developed on the 18th day. If heartbeat were used to describe life, then almost all abortions would be banned. Doctors now employ a more accurate condition for death: brain wave movement. A flat EEG, electroencephalograph is one of the most essential standard used to verify death. If the pause of brain wave activity can describe death, could the beginning of brain wave activity describe life? In the fetus, in about 40-43 days, the individual brain waves are noticed. Utilizing brain wave activity to describe life would prohibit at any rate a number of abortions. (Arguments against Abortion)"
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The Church and State Weigh in on Abortion, 2008.
This paper argues that abortion is a moral issue and one that does not belong in the courts.
1,366 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer notes that on April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court handed down its decision on 'Gonzales v Carhart', et al. The writer points out that the decision, important to pro-life advocates, supports and leaves unaltered the partial birth abortion law. The writer explains that this makes it illegal to perform an abortion beyond the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy if that procedure to terminate the pregnancy involves the physician bringing the fetus - viable at that point - outside the womb, thereby effectively making that fetus a person residing in the locale into which it has at that moment been delivered. The writer maintains that it is unthinkable that the courts and the public has arrived at this point in time where the Supreme Court must decide the issue of whether or not it is acceptable to terminate a partially birthed life. The writer concludes that abortion is not a matter of constitutionality, but a moral one, and one that does not belong before the Supreme Court.
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"For those conservative pro-lifers who would applaud these last few sentences as sentences in support of their conservative views and their right to impose those views on society, the caution is to go forward carefully, because that is not the case. Nor is it in support of the liberal pro-abortion lobby and supporters. The liberals, who in some ways are more mysterious than the conservatives in that they are the very same people who stand outside prison gates with candles in protest of humane administration of a lethal combination of chemicals that ensures the termination of the life of a mass murderer, or another felon whose crime is so heinous as to warrant social intervention in deciding whether or not that individual should continue to draw breath. Do not rally, because this writer finds it extremely odd that this group advocates on behalf of the life which walks the earth, having committed heinous acts of violence, and is at the same time not willing to afford the same support or opportunity for life of a viable fetus whose value to society has yet to be determined. Rather, both groups have driven this writer to the narrow edge of law, considering the law in its legalese only and in its role in the order of society and especially in light of separation of powers."
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Arguments Against Abortion, 2003.
This paper argues that abortion is morally wrong.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper argues that abortion is morally wrong mainly because a fetus has as much right to life as any human being. The ethical and political positions that lie between pro-choice and pro-life arguments.
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"The subject of abortion may well be the most intense and polarizing ethical and philosophical issue of the our times because in Laurence Tribe's words it is a clash of absolutes..."
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The Ethics of Abortion, 2007.
A comparison of the arguments of Judith Thomson in "A Defense of Abortion," with those of Don Marquis in "Why Abortion is Immoral".
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the respective arguments of Judith Thomson in "A Defense of Abortion," with those of Don Marquis in "Why Abortion is Immoral." The paper argues that while the two approaches to the question of abortion are distinct in their fundamental assumptions, in general both arguments are based on the same methodological premise that the complex ethical issues surrounding abortion can be understood through what may be termed a "property-rights" approach. The paper concludes that Marquis' argument is marginally stronger than Thomson's in this regard.
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"Thomson's analogy that for a mother to be compelled to carry a person she does not want for nine months - with the possibility of years of support following - is analogous to someone using one's property without permission is clearly very strong. It suggests that the self-defense argument is particularly strong, to the point of being almost unchallengeable. After all, if we defend the right of a person to defend his own life to the point of killing another if necessary, then why cannot the same rule apply to a mother. More broadly, why should a mother be forced to allow another person use of their property should they not wish this? In contrast, Marquis seems to emphasize the value of the property in this analysis. For the mother to terminate a fetus would be, in effect, the elimination of decades of life-value for the unborn fetus."
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