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Jaimie M

Abortion - 0 views

  • About 1.3 million abortions are induced each year in the United States, though the abortion rate has been declining steadily, if only slightly, over the last several decades.
  • Beginning in the 1860s and 1870s, however, the American Medical Association (AMA) launched a campaign under the guidance of a Boston doctor named Horatio Robinson Storer to outlaw abortions except under very specific conditions that were controlled by a doctor.
  • In the 1950s and 1960s, the public's attitude regarding abortions began to noticeably shift, mainly because of the birth of the women's movement. In their struggle against inequality in all aspects of American life, women increasingly advocated that control over their reproductive lives was essential to ultimately achieving true equality, as pregnancy had such long-ranging impacts on both personal and professional lives.
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  • The late 1960s and early 1970s saw numerous states either repeal of modify their abortion laws, making the procedure much more accessible to American women. Abortion rates skyrocketed, and once again, studies estimated that an abortion occurred for every four live births in the United States.
  • Religious groups led the protests, with both the Catholic Church and several Protestant denominations denouncing abortion as immoral and sinful. Many Americans also objected to abortion on nonreligious grounds, arguing that abortion at any stage of a pregnancy was nothing short of murder.
  • Although the Court was generally conservative, it held that a woman's right to end an unwanted pregnancy in the first trimester was protected by the First Amendment's implicit protection to the right to privacy, but that after the first trimester, the state had an interest in protecting the growing fetus on the basis that the fetus was viable, or had the potential to live outside the womb. The decision touched off a hailstorm of controversy in the United States and prompted the formation of two movements: the pro-choice movement (which supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose to have an abortion) and the pro-life movement (which denounced Roe and decries abortion as murder).
  • In 2003, Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which makes it a crime for doctors to perform the procedure, which is also known as intact dilation and extraction.
  • Most likely, the majority of Americans fall somewhere in between these two opinions, accepting abortion in some cases but not in others. The pro-life movement is split between those who object to abortions under any circumstances and those who would allow it in the case of rape, incest, or a threat to the mother's life if the pregnancy is carried to full term.
  • The pro-choice movement is similarly split between those who insist on abortion-on-demand at any stage of a pregnancy and those who adhere to the position articulated in Roe, whereby abortion is allowed only up to the point of viability for the fetus.
  • The more absolute pro-choice advocates, on the other hand, deny that the fetus is a person, entitled to the rights and protections of a fully developed human being, until it has been born, as it is dependent on another human life, its mother's, for its existence. Ultimately, the question of when individual human life begins does not lend itself to scientific proof. It is a matter of philosophical or moral belief and is therefore particularly difficult to debate.
  • Pro-choice advocates argue that abortion is preferable to bringing children into the world when the parents either cannot or will not nurture and provide for them. There are already too many children condemned to a life of poverty or abuse, they say. Many pregnant women and their families are either economically or psychologically unable to care for any more children. For them, abortion is the only humane alternative.
  • Furthermore, adoption, not abortion, is the solution for parents who feel themselves unable to support or protect their own children.
  • In recent years, radical activists on the pro-life side have taken to increasingly extreme forms of civil disobedience to stop what they consider the killing of unborn children. Such groups as Operation Rescue have tried several tactics to dissuade women from entering clinics where abortions are performed, ranging from quiet argument to shouting and blocking entranceways. More extreme activists have attempted to intimidate physicians specializing in abortion, harassing them in a variety of ways, both in person and over the telephone.
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    this is from ABC CLIO AND IT IS AWESOME.
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    you are awesome.
Ryan C

Bhopal Gas Disaster: Review on Health Effects of Methyl Isocyanate - 0 views

  • In a sample of 865 women who lived within 1 km of the plant and who were pregnant at the time of the gas leak, 43% of the pregnancies did not result in a live birth. Of the 486 live births, 14% of babies died in the first 30 days as compared to a death rate of 2.6 to 3% for previous deliveries in the 2 years preceding the accident in the same group of women.
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      Very high mortality rate of babies like in Handmaid's Tale.
  • The Bhopal gas tragedy is undoubtedly one of the worst industrial disasters in the history of mankind resulting in mortality of 2500-6000 and debilitating over 200 000 people. Inhabitants in the township were exposed to different degrees and there are more than 500 000 registered victims that survived the tragedy (Mishra et al., 2009).
  • Survivors continue to experience higher incidence of reported health problems including febrile illnesses, respiratory, neurologic, psychiatric and ophthalmic symptoms. In utero exposure to methyl isocyanate in the first trimester of pregnancy caused a persistent immune system hyper responsiveness, which was in an evident way genetically linked with the organic exposure
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    Talks about the Bhopal gas disaster and the long and short term effects it had on the health of citizens of Bhopal. It covers all areas of health related issues, and features good information about birth rates, mortality rates, and cancer.
Kenneth E

Theocracy and Democracy:the Government and the Masses. - 0 views

  • Theocracy is a state where the country and its people are ruled by a group of people who are believed to be guided by the almighty. Thus it implies that in a theoretical state the ruling body is chosen on religious basis. Democracy is however a completely different scenario. In a democratic state the governing body is chosen by a system of elections.  
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      General idea of what Theocracy and Democracy are, and how the rules and social ideas are different.
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      this.
  • However it is not so difficult to conclude that with the examples of theocratic countries such as Iran, theocracy as compared to democracy is not a very progressive form of government. It tends to curtail basic human rights and can be misleading in the name of religion. It has its advantages as well but they are few and there is no real positive effect.
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      Both forms of government have it's problems, and ytou truly cannont make a choice on a perfect form of government.
Rachel S

Human Rights and National Security: The Strategic Correlation - 0 views

  • promotion of human rights and the protection of national security as in inherent tension
  • President Bush’s 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy speaks of a “commitment to protecting basic human rights.” In the same document, President Bush makes it clear that “defending our Nation against its enemies is the first and fundamental commitment of the Federal Government.”
  • unnecessary and strategically questionable. A more effective U.S. foreign policy would view human rights and national security as correlated and complementary goals.
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  • states that systematically abuse their own citizens’ human rights are also those most likely to engage in aggression
  • Promoting human rights has long been viewed as a luxury, to be pursued when the government has spare diplomatic capacity and national security is not being jeopardized
  • Reagan’s policies “reveal a deep reluctance to sacrifice even minor economic interests, let alone security interests, for human rights.”
  • in order “to avoid engagement in a conflict that posed little threat to American [security] interests” the Clinton Administration engaged in an “almost willful delusion that what was happening in Rwanda did not amount to genocide.”
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    Harvard article about human rights. vs. national security
Preston T

Public Executions - pros and cons - 0 views

  • all of Oklahoma was a victim of the bombing. Can all of Oklahoma watch?"
  • an efficient way to communicate the message
  • If the public is going to sanction an execution, it should be assured that the execution is being carried out in as humane a manner as possible given the situation.
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  • free from any unreasonable restrictions placed on them by the state
  • if we allowed someone's actual murder to become our Theater of Cruelty. The danger of a TV execution
  • requests of about 285 victims and family members who want to see McVeigh die
  • Public executions served no purpose except to entertain the masses, and they lowered public morality and good taste
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    shows the pros and cons of public executions in our modern society, particularly by televising them
Jaimie M

Human stem cell research: all viewpoints - 0 views

  • are alive and contain human DNA. They have a unique feature in that they can be coaxed into developing into some or all of the 220 cell types found in the human body. Of the three types of stem cells, embryonic stem cells have th
  • Stem cells are a form of human life: they are alive and contain human DNA. They have a unique feature in that they can be coaxed into developing into some or all of the 220 cell types found in the human body. Of the three types of stem cells, embryonic stem cells have the greatest potential in that they can theoretically become any of the 220 cell types. Adult stem cells are less useful in that they have already started to specialize and can only become one of a few cell types. Induced pluripotent stem cells are specially treated cells that can be processed to behave somewhat like embryonic stem cells.
  • Stem cells are a form of human life: they are alive and contain human DNA. They have a unique feature in that they can be coaxed into developing into some or all of the 220 cell types found in the human body. Of the three types of stem cells, embryonic stem cells have the greatest potential in that they can theoretically become any of the 220 cell types. Adult stem cells are less useful in that they have already started to specialize and can only become one of a few cell types. Induced plurip
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    many links to great info on this site.
Ryan C

Chernobyl Disaster's Agricultural and Environmental Impact: Part two of a series (Envir... - 0 views

  • Contamination of the soil by radionucleotides with long half-lives such as cesium-137 is a particular problem for the local residents near the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor. These radionucleotides remain in the soil for a long while, is taken up by plants and transferred to the milk and meat products of cattle that graze the area
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      Talks about how food and water, and therefore humans can be contaminated by radioactive material.
Jayne C

The Media, Body Image and Eating Disorders - 2 views

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    This source is helpful because it states facts and statistics concerning body image and the media
Kenneth E

A More Perfect Union - History of Democracy - 1 views

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      The reforms of the English government that would help create the ideals of the American government show an evolution in the creation of society and government.
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      i like this source as the history and background of Democracy.
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    Gives a history and some insight into the development American society and shows that government and society have changed
Lori Freeman

Women's rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favour of men and boys.[1]
Patrick P

Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context - Document - 0 views

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    Gay parenting and rights. There's no citation for other sources here, but the ideas are well-developed and can lead to the argument path.
Renee R

I Am Pro-Choice and Here's What I Think. - 0 views

  • Nobody has the right to impose their morals on me.
  • A woman should be able to control her own body
  • Abortion must be kept legal, especially for all the rape and incest pregnancies
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  • Aborting unwanted children reduces the number of abused children.
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    This is a great source for objective abortion facts as well as defining the beliefs and ideas behind both pro-choice and pro-life.
Preston T

American Thinker: Public Executions: Live and in Color? - 0 views

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    source on public execution and with some info on death penalty
Juan T

Gender role blurring: has it reduced or increased occupational risk? | Occupation Matters - 0 views

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  • Feminism has earned some great social gains for women such as the right to vote[6], sexual liberation and financial independence
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    could be used for conclusion maybe? about how gender roles in society are blurring and the advantages/disadvantages of this
Kenneth A

Gay And Lesbian Rights: Overview - 0 views

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    This is a general overview about the current status of Gay and Lesbian rights in America.
Calea S

Child Custody Issues by DivorceHQ.com - 0 views

  • Physical or residential custody - Which parent the children will live with. This parent is referred to as the Residential Custodian. Legal custody - who will make the decisions on behalf of the children concerning health, education, religion, and general welfare.
  • The court will take into consideration the best interest of the child when making the decision.
  • IIf the court feels that neither parent is acting in the best interest of the child a guardian ad litem may be appointed to help in making decisions on the behalf of the child.
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  • Depending on the age of the child, their wishes may or may not be taken into consideration. Some states strongly take into consideration the wishes of the child depending on their age; some states do not consider the child's wishes at all, without regard to age.
  • Traditionally, the judicial system leans towards deciding in favor of the mother in custody cases
  • Joint physical custody
  • Sole legal custody
  • No matter how strongly you believe you would be the better parent and should have custody of the children be prepared for the court to decide against you. Be ready to accept the courts decision and move forward to work with your ex-spouse to raise your children in a way that is best for them.
Jaimie M

ISSCR :: Public : Perspective : Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research - 0 views

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  • does the end justify the means
  • The ancients did not understand embryology, did not imagine that scientists might create and nurture what we now understand as embryos in the laboratory. Nor can we get an answer from laboratory experiments. There is no test for whether an embryo is a person. Instead we are left to our own devices, to our own moral reasoning.
  • Cells in the developed human in some cases possess the attribute of multipotency, which is to say that they may issue in more than one cell type. Cells in the developed human, so far as is known, are not pluripotent.
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  • We immediately encounter the question of what beings we should classify as "persons" for purposes of the duty not to kill persons
  • the official teaching of the Holy See of the Roman Catholic is unequivocal in its opposition to the use of embryos as means. For one who holds that we should treat every embryo as a person for purposes of the duty not to kill, embryo-destructive experiments could gain justification only if it were argued that it is sometimes permissible to kill some persons in order to help other persons, and that is an uphill argument within any moral view.
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    good info and links to other information
Kristi D

Body Image - 1 views

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    Talks about the impact of media, and the effects of low self esteem and body issues - eating disorders, mental health problems, anxiety, depression
Juan T

Gender in media - 0 views

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    lengthy article on how gender is portrayed in the media and how they have influenced gender roles
Juan T

Gender Roles and Media Influence: An Analysis of gendered behavior and the influence of... - 0 views

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    provides specific examples of how gender are portrayed in popular TV series
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