...breathing at this very moment. Everyone is alive because God wanted to create them! The Bible says, “The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.” Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before birth, resulting in, or accompanied by, the death of the fetus. It has become one of the most widely debated ethical issues of our time. Considering what is ethical and what is legal in terms of abortion becomes very complex. The ethical concerns that revolve around the abortion issue are those that encompass a great many ideals – both religious and personal – that have to do with an individual’s concept of right and wrong. To some, the ethical implications mean allowing the woman her right to choose; to others, it is no different than murder. Do you consider something with a beating heart a living creature? Likely, before a woman even has knowledge of being pregnant, at five weeks, a baby’s heart is already formed and beating. Therefore that would make abortion a form of murder. Murder is classified as taking another human life. The baby that is growing inside of a woman is dependent on her, so when the mother makes the choice to end the baby’s life, she is making the choice to murder another human. Our federal government must take a stand against the murder of innocent humans. Allowing abortions, including partial birth abortions is a step in the wrong direction....
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...the power to regulate commerce when it crossed state boundaries and when it concerned transportation." "The case gave Congress' right to have the power to regulate commerce between states and have power over transportation. Congress' powers in general were with the case of United States v. E. C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1, when the court ruled that Congress can not control manufacturing. Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 "Can African Americans sue in federal court, does Congress have the power to ban slavery and are slaveowners protected under the fifth amendment"? "The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are not citizens, so they cannot sue in federal court. The Court additionally ruled that Congress does not have the power to ban slavery and slave owners rights to have slaves was protected under the fifth amendment." "This case exhibited how the government felt about slavery and it meant that slavery could expand into the north if Congress did not have the power to regulate slavery strongly." Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 "Can states in America constitutionally have lawes requiring black people to use separate but equal facilities and places"? "The court ruled that he Louisiana law that denied black people from sitting in a certain section of a train as constitutional." "This case reaffirmed "separate but equal" in America with the ruling. The case and its beliefs were overturned though with the case of Brown v. BOE." Schenck vs. US 1919 "Can Congress limit a person's free...
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...would hold. To him, the idea of the slaves moving westward was a horrible idea, and thought all slavery should be kept in the south. The “Divided House” is important culturally for multiple reasons. First off, the “Divided House” kind of is what set today’s black and white society as we know. Without this important speech, slavery may have moved out west and continued longer that what it had. If Lincoln hadn’t stated, “I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free.” (Lincoln), we may even have slavery today due to the fact that the west is such a vast property to control. Also, the “Divided House” helped with the beginning of the end of slavery. After Lincoln’s speech, segregation had started and eventually the 13th amendment was passed which banned slavery all together. Some important information you may want to know about the “Divided House” is that it was one of Lincolns major speeches told in the year 1858 in Springfield. The purpose of the speech was to convince Americans to keep slavery in the South. By keeping slaves in the South, it would prevent the western states from accumulating more electoral votes. Another interesting fact is after this speech; Lincoln lost the election due to unfavorable votes towards the speech. But, in the year 1860, Lincoln won his presidential election due to gaining the Republican parties votes against slavery in the North. A very important name to associate with the...
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...| Abortion: A woman’s right | | | | | | Abortion: A woman’s right What are the consequences when a child is unwanted? Is abortion a crime, when it can prevent many lives from being destroyed? What happens when abortion is banned and who should really have the power to decide about the lives of others? That all people have free will and equal rights are something we’ve been told since elementary school. But when a woman becomes pregnant, is it fair that because of the fact that she’s pregnant she should lose the right to control her own body? No one besides her should decide that she must carry a child for nine months, she may not have the will or the maturity required to take care of a child. Having children is a huge milestone in life and requires careful thought and much preparation. And to push two young people together in such a big thing is inhuman. The right to abortion is what every woman should have. According to WHO, about 46 million abortions takes place worldwide every year. 19 million of these are illegal (4). This is a result of conservative and fundamentalist government’s refusal to allow women to decide over their own bodies and that it isn’t offered legal abortions under medically safe conditions. Illegal abortions often involve uncertainty, and that sometimes means putting a woman's life and health at risk. Many of the illegal abortions are performed by unskilled people under often unhygienic conditions, which in some cases are...
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...with Universalism (the theory that there are absolute values) because a moral realist does not believe that a particular moral judgement has to apply to all situations. For example one could say objectively ‘abortion is wrong’ but in certain situations it is morally acceptable or right. So abortion could be viewed as wrong after a careless pregnancy where a man and woman do not use protection to prevent it, but still be viewed as an acceptable option for a rape victim who becomes pregnant. A moral realist would argue that this was a moral fact. However an opposing view to moral realism is the non-cognitivist view, Emotivism. Emotivists believe that when you are expressing a moral statement you are merely expressing an emotional response, this is different to expressing an emotional opinion. An opinion can either be true or false whereas an expression of emotion cannot be. For example, if I was to bang my elbow it would be an expression of emotion if I said ‘ouch’ because it can’t be true or false, however if I was to say ‘I banged my elbow and it hurt’ I would be describing an emotion, this would have a truth value as this is the nature of opinions. An emotivist would say that when we say ‘Slavery is wrong’ we are actually saying ‘BOO- slavery’ and if we were to say ‘abortion is...
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...on throughout the book is one which touches many of us deeply, slavery. As a person who has studied both law and religion and who is now embarking on a study of moral theology & ethics, I was highly interested in reading what John T. Noonan a distinguished scholar -author and member of the U.S. Court of Appeals- had to say in such an arena. Having heard him lecture, I was interested to see how his viewpoint translated into this type of arena. I was not disappointed. Throughout our course we not only discussed how this work dealt with such a topic, but we also discussed our own viewpoints on this very topic. Within the following paper I will discuss the issue of slavery, in the form of a synthetic paper, and how not only how it has evolved, but also the various positions the church has had concerning such an issue. As a backdrop, I will also use what Noonan outlined in his book as well. Therefore, this paper will be in the form of a review of Noonan thoughts (which will utilize various points from my prior presentation on this topic)/synthetic paper on the issue of slavery within the Catholic Church. John T. Noonan builds A Church That Can and Cannot Change on the fact that the deposit of faith cannot change. In the early chapters Noonan identifies three areas where change in moral principles has definitely occurred in the course of the history of the Catholic Church. These principles are slavery, usury and religious liberty. He also points to a fourth...
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...Abortion is the most controversial issue having no grounds of agreement among two polar aspects. The argument is life and death though the uncertainty of complication makes it difficult. I don’t believe in abortion because it’s murder we are not the ones that can decide whether the person that a woman gives birth to should live or die. Abortion is a life or death matter, having equal supporters on both sides. Yet those supporters have one goal in common: decreasing the number of abortions and making abortion safer. Abortion is defined as the “removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” (Dictionary.com). Abortion is surrounded by many questions such as: Does the constitution defend a right to abortion? Does this include confidentiality? Is a developing fetus a being? Should the law allow abortions for rape or incest? The Constitution permits abortion legalization. It’s not in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution, but the right to privacy and reproductive rights is an “enumerated right.” “The Supreme Court in 1973, Roe vs. Wade, legalized abortion in the first trimester. Since then, over 35 million women have had legal abortions”. Twenty-four percent of pregnancies are aborted and forty-one percent of the abortions are teenagers in America. Just because abortion is legal doesn’t mean it’s okay. Slavery was legal over 150 years ago but that didn’t mean it was right. When a fetus starts living can’t be determined but according to facts, the heart...
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...to plan their families more easily. In the early part of the 1900s women became under scrutiny for their sexual practices. Many American women, as well as immigrants, were entering into prostitution in order to make ends meet. They received higher financial rewards as prostitutes than they would have if they had worked in factory of domestic jobs. (Peiss, Prostitution and Working-class sexuality in the Early Twentieth Century, p. 273) Some of the women were forced into sex slavery. They were often brought from abroad to work as sex slaves. The government launched an investigation into these practices, and determined said that most of these women were already living immoral lifestyles. It was not only happening abroad but within America as well. Many women who were prostitutes had to be very careful so to not become the victims of sexual slavery or violence. (Peiss, A Government Agent Explains the White Slave Traffic, 1911, p. 275) In this same time period most states had outlawed abortion. There were strict rules as to the types of contraception that women were able to use. The birthrate dropped significantly in the early part of the 20th century as more and more women began to seek methods of birth control. In 1910, activist Margaret Sanger began a campaign to change the laws that regarded birth control devices and information pertaining to birth control. She was eventually arrested for her efforts when she opened a birth control clinic in 1916. Thousands...
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...Twenty-one percent of all U.S. pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion. There are many people who are for abortion and many who are against it. Although some may believe that abortion is the solution for them, it shouldn’t even be considered a solution because it is essentially murder. There are only special cases in which abortion should be considered and that is if there is a health risk for the mother or the child. Just because technology made it accessible doesn’t mean it’s ethical. In fact it’s extremely unethical and should only be allowed in special cases. In my opinion, when anyone has sex they are consenting to all the risks that come with it, one of them being pregnancy. When a woman gets pregnant, whether it’s intentionally...
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...most historians agree on the point that enslaved blacks resisted slavery in whatever methods they could. Slave resistance was widespread throughout the West Indies during the period of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The resistance took on various forms and these will be examined in this essay. Since enslaved blacks were forcibly brought to the West Indies, slave owners realized that it was necessary to control the enslaved. In this regard, slave laws were introduced as a way of keeping the slaves in line. The main slave laws enacted were the Siete Partidas – which were put in place by the Spanish government, the Slave Laws of the English Colonies and the Code Noir – which were put in place by the French. The common element in all of these legislations is that the enslaved blacks were given the stamp of “chattelâ€, which meant they were seen in law as property and not people. In addition to the slave laws, the slave owners also used other various measures of control. One such measure was the use of physical control, which meant that punishment for any infractions committed by the enslaved blacks were severe and brutal. Examples of such punishment included hanging and amputation. Another form of control was psychological control which was used to instill fear in the slaves. Research into psychological control shows that many enslaved blacks chose to commit suicide rather than live under the slavery conditions. Some forms of psychological control include renaming...
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...Question and Answer Question The role of enslaved women’s as resistors to slavery has largely been underestimated and undocumented. Assess the impact of resistance by enslaved women on the Emancipation process up to 1838 Answer Women played a pivotal role in the emancipation process. They resisted against the oppression from their slave masters and to prove to slave owners that they were more than mere objects and property. Slave women resisted in many ways in all areas of the New World. The types and degrees of resistance varied slightly in different parts of the New World, but it is shown through many slave narratives and scholarly essays that slave women, in all areas, resisted and rebelled every day. This is how they survived slavery. Resistance repeatedly brought the slave woman out of objectification and gave the slave woman strength and existence as able subjects. Figure 1: An enslaved woman Maroon women showed women were leaders in rebellions and as priestesses who rallied troops in the hopes of obtaining their freedom. The most formidable in Jamaica was the Ashanti Nanny maroon. Being a free woman she never personally experienced slavery, but was painfully aware of the suffering of her fellow enslaved countrymen and women. She led a highly organised community in the Back Rio Grande Valley in resistance. She never partook in the fighting but using the magico-religious tactics she advised on the best time to wage war, gave charms to protect warriors and participated...
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...Death Penalty January 30, 2015 In the video Alan Keyes v. Barack Obama debate on death penalty show reasoning behind each person and the validation they both have in their opinions. An argument is a set of reasons (premises) put forth to support a claim, or conclusion (Mosser, 2011). That is what America is based upon is our right to free speech which allows us the right to our own opinions. The issue at hand is abortion and the death penalty which I agree with Obama that they are of no comparisons. For Alan Keyes to say that slavery and abortion are the same and to compare a slave owner to woman who chooses an abortion is so absurd it makes me sick. As Americans we have a right to choose the outcome of our decisions and while I am not for abortions what so ever, I still believe that it is a woman’s privacy and her decisions to do so. I do think that any child is a blessing from God and that to take that life is not right, but that is my opinion and my view. We don’t need to broadcast a woman’s decision. I slave owner used people for their own chosen and killed them when they didn’t obey. People are not animals and should never be treated this way. The difference here is that slaves were alive, walking, breathing individuals and were born onto this earth. Yes, while a child is alive in a mother’s womb, she may also decide what she wants to do in the long run; no one has to live with the decision but her. I do agree that we are all created equal and should be treated with...
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...We hear people say all the time, abortion is murder and it demeans the value of human life, or abortions expose women to various physical and mental health risk, when is abortion not murder, is there ever an instance when abortions should be permitted. Abortions are very common in our society. In the United States there are approximately 1.37 Million abortions performed per year, and approximately 3,700 per day. 52 percent of women obtaining abortions in the United States are younger than 25. Women aged 20-24 obtain 32 percent of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20 percent, and girls under 15 account for 1.2 percent. An abortion is not a form of birth-control, and should only be permitted in special and emergency circumstances. Abortion is an irresponsible act of individuals that lack compassion. Abortion is a form of murder. A fetus has a heartbeat; therefore it is a living being. I remember hearing a touching, eye opening story; I am unsure of the source. However, there was a woman who went to the doctor’s office found out she was pregnant. As she stood holding her 2 year old daughter she explained to the doctor how she could not afford another child, she must get an abortion. She asked the doctor if he could perform the procedure while she is asleep to keep her from feeling any pain. The doctor responded, well I know of a procedure that can be performed where you wouldn’t have to go through any type of pain. I would not have to touch you at all. The mother was excited...
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...Slavery in American history is one of the most important and unforgettable chapter in human history. There are a number of stories about human slavery that have had a long lasting impact on the social life of people in almost all regions of the world. The slavery on northern region of America also owns a huge value. It has grown out of paradox form the new continent that was presented to the European master. Despite of the fact that there was a lot of land available in cheap price, no one was willing to move to the region event for trading and crafting. Among all others, the slavery of young kids own a great importance. Recent studies have brought in light, a numbers of aspects about slavery of kids. (Jaaska). The child and infant mortality rates were twice as high among enslaved children, specifically in the southern and northern regions. Sever undernourishment was the main reason of the increased toll of deaths in young slaves. The slave owners show little concerns about the health of slave mothers and their diet during pregnancy. It was not surprising that the slave mothers suffered with high rate of unplanned abortions, deaths after births and still births. Half of slave infants were less than the 5.5 pounds at birth....
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...conclusions not only affect the people who are involved in the case, but they also affect other citizens and the nation’s political fate. One case that had an immense impact on the nation’s political fate was the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) case. With a present day view regarding the topic of slavery, it is clear that America’s fate eventually included the full equality of all men, no matter the circumstances. So, the Supreme Court’s decision influenced this fate immensely. The decision aroused strong feeling of both opinions of slavery, leading to the Civil War, and eventually leading to the freedom of rights for all people. Now, the once segregated country is being led by a man who is the same race as Dred Scott, President...
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