...Responsibility Administrative Ethics Paper This particular case takes place in Kansas. A doctor Ann Kristin Neuhaus performs abortions on patients that are mentally ill. She tests the patients along with a colleague and diagnoses them. This case was brought to court from complaints filed against Dr. Neuhaus by the president of an anti- abortion group Operation Rescue, Troy Newman (AP). The doctor gave mental exams to patients ages ten to eighteen and if they had mental illness an abortion took place in her office. In her eyes she was helping these young women. And it did not matter if the pregnancy was in its latest trimester she would still perform the abortion. Many anti- abortion groups and legal officials disagreed with the medical decisions that where being made concerning this particular group of patients so they researched and found fault in the activities and the measures taken to find the patients adequate willing and accepted. The governor, judge and anti- abortion groups not wanting these types of procedures and mental health testing going on in their town of Topeka, Kansas, Dr. Neuhaus and Dr. George Tiller had no chance in court. In this article there are arguments of which Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus and Dr. George Tiller was simply using a computer program to diagnose the patients with mental health illnesses in order to perform abortions. An administrative judge stated that Dr. Neuhaus performed inadequate mental health exams on eleven patients ages ten to eighteen...
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...need to take before apprehending a member from this group. This paper will also discuss how the local court systems handle domestic terrorism. Finally, should domestic terrorist be tried in local, state, or federal courts? The reason the people of Army of God choose to be terrorists is to stop and make all abortion illegal and they will do this by any means they can and harm homosexuals. They twist the meaning of scripture to say God approves of what they are doing by destroying the sin and sinner (Understanding the, 2013). The Army of God is and anti-homosexual and abortion extremist group who believe that the use of violence is acceptable to stop homosexuality and abortions (The Army, 2010). They believe they are the army of God, God is the General and Commander and Chief and they are the soldiers carrying out his duty. The group started in the early 1980’s and founded by Reverend Michael Bray (The Army, 2010). The crimes that Army of God is associated with are a kidnapping of an abortion doctor and his wife in August of 1982, first time they were heard from. Later the doctor and wife were released unharmed (U.S. Domestic, n.d.). In1984 the group firebombs two abortion clinics on in Virginia and the other in Washington D.C., no one hurt at these bombings. July 1988 the group protest outside the...
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...primary activities are lobbying the members of legislative bodies through contribution to political parties, working to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns. At this juncture, My emphasis is on The Anti-Abortion Right Group in My State of Maryland,which is of particular interest to me. Because my Delegate is a Republican. In the late 1960s, a number of organizations were formed to mobilize opinion against the legalization of abortion. In the United States, the National Right to Life Committee was formed in 1968, while in Australia, the National Right to Life formed in 1970. The United States pro-life movement (also known as the United States anti-abortion movement or the United States right-to-life movement) as a social and political movement in the united state opposing on moral or sectarian grounds elective Abortion and usually supporting its legal prohibition or restriction. Advocates generally argue that human life begins at conception and that the human fetus (and in most cases the human embryo) is a and therefore has a right to life. The pro-life movement includes a variety of organizations, with no single centralized decision-making body. The description "pro-life" was adopted by the right-to-life (anti-abortion) movement in the United States following the...
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...The elections for governor of Virginia in 2013 attracted attention because of the negative campaign with personal attacks from both of the candidates Terry McAuliffe (D) and Ken Cuccinelli (R). The media were quick to pick up on the political platforms of each candidate and started building up news stories. Terry McAuliffe is a known businessman that has been involved in the Democratic Party for quite a long time serving as a chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005. McAuliffe also was a co-chairman of President Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign and also was chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. McAuliffe’s first run for office was in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election where he did not win the democratic nomination (Biopgraphy Terry McAuliffe). On the other hand, Ken Cuccinelli was a more experienced politician, having been elected in the Virginia Senate in 2002 and 2007. In 2009 Cuccinelli was elected Attorney General of Virginia. During his time as an Attorney General, Cuccinelli was very vocal about his extreme right-wing like views on LGBT rights, climate change, immigration, and health care. He drew a lot of public attention and was often a subject of discussion in the media outlets (Senator Ken Cuccinelli). The start of the campaign was slow until The Washington Post (WAP) uncovered the relationship of governor McDonnell (R) with Jonnie Williams, the CEO of Star Scientific, a nutritional supplement company (The American...
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...9 Reasons Why Abortions Should Be Illegal http://www.mrdata.net/books/9reasons.htm EE: [ Home | Links | Searches | Books | Writings | HTML ] Discuss abortion in the MrData.Net Abortion Discussion Forum. Introduction: Planned Parenthood has written 9 Reasons Why Abortions are Legal. In response, I have written 9 Reasons Why Abortions should be Illegal. Nine Reasons Why Abortions Should Be Illegal Actually, I have been laughing to myself at Planned Parenthood's list, because it is so easy to defeat. It's not Planned Parenthood's fault--there are no good reasons to support abortion, other than serious health issues of the mother or baby. Also, I believe that Planned Parenthood serves many valuable functions. I agree with many things they do. I strongly disagree in their support of abortion. I only chose to debate their particular opinions because a) They are a large, national, pro-abortion organization. b) They have made a list, and my debate tactic suits such a list. I invite you to read the following debate with an open mind and consider the validity of the two opposing opinions. If you can find any error in my facts or reasoning, I hope you will let me know. I am an unmarried, conservative male. I have always been supportive of the life of the unborn. However, in the past my opinion was, "Well, the country is evenly divided on this issue. Although I am personally against abortion, there are others who don't agree with me. I won't force the issue unless there is...
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..._________________________________________________Abortion should not be legal and must be stopped. Laws have never stopped abortion, but only made it unsafe for women. Abortion is a universal practice that has been with us since the beginning of time, whether legal or illegal. _________________________________________________Most Canadians believe that abortion should be illegal. The majority rules in a democracy. About 78% of Canadians believe that abortion is a private matter between a woman and her doctor. Human rights are guaranteed for everyone and are not subject to the whim of the electorate. Even if only a minority believed in freedom of choice, that right should be protected from the tyranny of the majority. _________________________________________________Pro-life is pro-family. Pro-abortionists are anti-family. Abortion destroys the family. Legal abortion helps parents limit their families to the number of children they want and can afford. This strengthens and stabilizes the family unit. Therefore, pro-choice is pro-child and pro-family. Anti-abortion laws can cause stress and hardship for families with insufficient resources to raise unwanted children. Families with unwanted children often consist of a child and her child, living at the lowest levels of society. _________________________________________________The right of the unborn to live supersedes any right of a woman to "control her own body." Margaret Sanger said, "No woman can call herself free who...
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...Abstract The topic covered in this research paper is abortion. This paper looks into the history of abortion, the pro-life view of abortion and the pro-choice view of abortion. Under history of abortion the information included is the time line of significant events of abortion such as becoming legal, also different ways in ancient times women would try to use abortions. The upgrading of technology making abortion safer and even if abortion was illegal women would still find a way to abort a baby are also covered under the history of abortion. Under pro-life choice for abortion looks into abortion murder, the rights of human and the rights of the unborn and that a women doesn't have a right to terminate her own fetus. Under pro- choice is the women's rights, and the rights to the women and also how abortion isn't murder due to the fact that fetuses cannot feel pain and how a women has a right to her own body and whether or not she decides she wants to carry a pregnancy to term. Pro-life people claim that abortion is an escape for people who are not responsible and don’t want to suffer the consequences of their actions. As a matter of fact, legal abortion will reduce morality and dignity of men and women in society according to some (Emmens 34-35). Doris Gordon, coordinator of Libertarians For Life, opposes abortion in her viewpoint, “Unborn children don’t cause women to become pregnant, but parents cause their children to be the womb, and as a result, they need...
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...Abortion: A Womans Right To Reproductive Freedom A woman’s Right to Reproductive Freedom “One of the things that makes humans different from other animals is that we are not completely governed by instincts, but have the freedom to make choices” (CCC 9). By nature Humans tend to take different stands in matters that require personal opinions. The controversy of opposite and conflicting feelings about abortion is centuries old. The word “murder” is often used by many pro-lifers to describe abortion. The American Heritage College dictionary defines murder as- premeditated, unlawful killing of one human being by another. But when pro-choice activists support abortions due to unwanted pregnancies, the activists are not rallying behind the idea of sexual incompetence. Rather, they are supporting the idea that women have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies, especially when certain situations such as congenital defects, rape, and financial situation are justifiable reasons for the act. Anti-abortionists have numerous reasons for their beliefs, many of which are attached to their religious ideals, defending the sanctity of human life. They believe that human life commences at conception and that the death of that fetus resembles the murder of an innocent human being. They believe that no one has the power to take command of another’s life, mainly an infant that is dependent on others for survival during the initial stages of life. In addition to the...
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...Abortion [pic][pic] | | |Tear-drop baby | |First used in the anti-abortion campaign by Dr. J.C. Willke, president and founder of International Right to Life, in his 1971 book, | |Handbook on Abortion, this picture has circulated through anti-choice brochures and websites without much question of its origin or | |accuracy. This picture depicts a ruptured tubal pregnancy that Willke would like you to believe is 6-weeks-old. | | | |A 6-week-old fetus, from crown-to-rump, measures 4-5 mm, according to William's Obstetrics, or 1/6-1/5 inch (the size of a BB pellet). The | |fetus in the photo, when compared to the fingers holding it, appears to be about an inch in length or the size of an 8- to 10-week-old | |fetus. | | | |We have also posted a photo of a 6-week-old...
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...and several grandchildren were present at the time of death. When she was just 23 years old and pregnant for the third time, McCorvey became the anonymous lead plaintiff in a historic class-action lawsuit which challenged the law prohibiting abortions, except to save the life of a pregnant woman. McCorvey herself was mostly interested in terminating the pregnancy; however, in the three years it took for the case to reach the Supreme Court, she never attended a single trial. During that time, her baby girl was born and eventually adopted. Three years later, the Supreme Court handed down its infamous 7-to-2...
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...resorted to back-alley abortions. Since the criminalization of abortion in 1910 1.2 million women per year committed illegal abortions resulting in many deaths and thousands harmed. Though the court case Roe vs Wade helped legalize abortion all across the U.S, Certain States have placed regulations that restricts women on have abortions. Because of the unconstitutional bans, restrictions on medicaid funding, and a bill that would contributes to the outlaw of abortion in america which negatively affects women. Roe vs wade was a milestone for abortion activists. In 1969 Norma McCorvey sought to terminate her unwanted pregnancy but at that time abortion was only legal for women if their life was in danger. Mccovey proceed to file a lawsuit against henry wade, the district attorney of dallas county. The infamous court case recognized a constitutional right to privacy, which is...
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...for the rights of women when it comes to abortions, birth control, healthy pregnancies, and sex education. Since 1969 when first founded, they have continued to fight for women’s rights throughout the years. NARAL Pro-Choice America is an interest group that lobbies for several issues related to reproductive...
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...Rewards of the Student of Midwifery," but the last portion of the lecture also dealt with the sharp increase in induced abortion and with what David Humphreys Storer argued was a direct result, the increase in women's diseases. David Humphreys Storer's son, Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer, is credited as the founder of the "physicians' crusade against abortion," and Horatio repeatedly credited this lecture of his father as the stimulus for his crusade. The Introductory Lecture was traditionally published as a pamphlet, and this was true for David Humphreys Storer's Lecture, as well. However, at the request of Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, Professor of Surgery at the Medical College, the abortion portion of the lecture was omitted from the pamphlet. Unnecessary abortion was a taboo and controversial topic in 1855, and one reason for suppression was that publication would lead to the condemnation of New England because induced abortion was prevalent. It also was believed that publication would reflect badly on the Medical College and cause fewer students to enroll, reducing the fees students paid directly to their professors. Although the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal was typically controlled by the Medical College, its editors, William W. Morland and Francis Minot, bravely criticized the medical school faculty for suppressing the anti-abortion segment of the Introductory Address. One passage from their December 1855 editorial on the Introductory Lecture read: ...
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...President Trump has promised many changes along his campaign that he’ll put in place once if he ever steps into the Oval Office, and now that he has, people are starting to worry. Signing a exorbitant amount of executive orders in such a short span of time, he is constantly changing the lives of many US citizens. Donald Trump, has been ….. said he is a pro-life president, but we never thought how he would handle such a controversial issue. Since then, President Trump has kept his promise, and started the Anti-abortion movement by banning international non-governmental organizations that provide or support abortions from getting any funding from the US Government. This forces these areas to stop the practice of abortions because they rely on...
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...2012 English Language and Composition The Issue of Abortion - A Modest Proposal The issue of abortion has become an increasingly controversial topic over the past few decades, especially in the United States. Before the 1970s, the word “fetology” had not even come into existence. As knowledge of this subject expanded, the development of the Ultrasound led to many discoveries about the human fetus. Unfortunately, another fruit of the Ultrasound’s discovery was that of abortion. Statistics show that “39% of deaths in the United States are due to abortion”, making it the number one reason of deaths in the country ("ABORTION: The Number One Cause Of American Deaths.") Additionally, the total average of worldwide cases of abortion adds up to “115,000”. Yet the rate of abortions in America is about “3,700 per day”, which puts the percentage of abortions in the U.S. at only 3% ("Abortion Statistics." Abortion Statistics) This is certainly not only a crime in America, but a worldwide epidemic. Countless precious and unborn lives have been lost in this relentless act of inhumanity, and it seems that their “silent scream” has yet to be heard ("Silent Scream.") Of course there have been organizations, websites, and campaigns to raise awareness about this robbery of innocent life. Pro-life institutions such as the American Life League advocate the protection of unborn lives through adoption and donations for the cause of anti-abortion. Various websites, abort73.com for example, promote...
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