You are ending the potential of a human life.” I say malarkey. We could continue ask and ponder “What if?” What if the baby was going to become the next Mark Twain, Malala Yousafzai, or Maya Angelou? By giving into the belief of an unborn child’s potential, we have already given more rights to a fetus on what women can do with their body than the women themselves (Scott).…
The Pioneering of IVF It is amazing to know that there are people who were born into the world unnaturally. It may seem odd, but there are people who were once a test tube baby. The term test tube baby came from the late Dr. Edwin Carl Wood. Dr. Wood played an important role in the process of developing and commercializing the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technique which has molded society into accepting the process of a scientifically fabricated child.…
In a 1990 New York Times article, an anonymous provider stated that ‘she had to prepare herself emotionally each time’ and claimed to ‘have sleepless nights before a scheduled abortion.’ The physician stated that ‘she lost control only once’ during an abortion ‘on a 30-year-old doctor after she herself had just had a miscarriage’ and ‘had been trying for seven years to become pregnant.’ In her 2007 memoir, Dr. Susan Wicklund…
A baby should not come into this world unwanted or with severe medical conditions. Affecting 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 8,000 females, Fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition involving changes in part of the X chromosome, which causes behavioral problems, is the most common genetic form of mental retardation. One in 800 babies have Down syndrome and one in 3,500 are born with Cystic Fibrosis. Many feel that a child should not have to live a life with such handicaps, and many parents do not have the time or money to constantly deal with traveling to countless doctors appointments and constant care. A 2005 study in the Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health journal showed that 73% of women undergoing abortions were because they could not afford to raise a baby.…
“In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill” (Brown, Kristi). With so many couples or women unable to have their own children, abortions limit the number of possibilities these people have to adopt. Many women choose abortion because of financial reasons, being a single parent, age, or not feeling as if they are responsible enough to be a mother. This is another reason why adoption is a better option for women who are thinking of aborting their…
1. Which organization did you choose? Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center 2. Identify the brand voice.…
“No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother,” This quote, spoken many years ago by Margaret Sanger, a prominent pioneer in the history of contraceptives, still has immense relevance in today’s society. Many women every year find themselves with unwanted pregnancies, but why does it make sense for someone not carrying the child and feeling the effects of it to decide the circumstances under which she can terminate it? The conclusion a multitude of people come to is that it should not be anyone’s decision but hers. In the United States, abortion should be available for all women with less restrictions and the final choice should be theirs, because a woman is entitled to rights over her own body, and it is a healthier, safer option for the woman that does not wish to carry to term and for the child.…
The defunding of Planned Parenthood will cause abortions to drop in popularity since it will be unaffordable to many. Startlingly, there is only one child available for adoption for every thirty-six couples looking to adopt in America (Brown, 2012). Furthermore, there is a plentiful amount of infertile parents who would be overjoyed to adopt a young baby girl or boy. The ease of abortion and its speedy process has attracted many women who want to move on with their life as soon as possible. Selfishly, an abundance of people do not want to wait nine months to turn a mistake into a blessing.…
As the young girl sat down in the dining room table with her family, she’s choked up, barely being able to breathe, her heart beating out of her chest, the room slowly closing in on her. She’s been trying to build up the courage to tell her mother for weeks now but, she knew that it would only break her heart. At the delicate age of 15, she is 5 weeks pregnant. A child herself is now going to be responsible for another life before she could even start her own.…
“The medical community is largely cheering advances in noninvasive fetal DNA tests, fetal genome mapping and chromosomal microarrays that scour fetal DNA. But some opponents of abortion see this new technology as a threat, and they 're responding by restricting when women can terminate a pregnancy. Advocates for the disabled are also concerned, fearing that women may end pregnancies based on misinformation or myths” (Szabo). By looking at the articles, it is evident that hundreds of newborns are currently being killed with an abundance more to come, stemming from the new technological advances of genetic testing. Not only that, but research suggests that women are having abortions solely based on the fact that their child may be born with…
Film Analysis: Baby Mama 1. Introduction Michael McCullers film “Baby Mama” is based on the idea of infertility and surrogacy. This film was produced in 2008 by Micheal McCullers. Overall, I thought this film was an excellent film because it was comical and kept the audience engaged. However, from a sociological perspective this film left out a lot of important aspects of surrogacy such as the many people who endure endless amounts of boundaries when it comes to infertility treatments which resulted in a lack of realistic component to the film.…
Hillary Clinton, a Democratic candidate, thinks that abortion in this country should remain legal. Even though it might be true that by aborting their babies, mothers, especially those in the lower classes, can avoid the financial burden, I believe that the post-abortion psychological effects will bring more harms. Although my stand on this issue is totally different from Clinton’s, her effort in encouraging adoptions is truly appreciated. Instead of killing the innocent lives, pregnant mothers may give birth to their children and let other people to adopt and raise their little ones. As can be seen, it is possible to reduce abortion rates if more women are aware of the other alternatives for unplanned…
Grass Roots Abortion Abortion has been involved in multiple accounts of controversial arguments. It is defined in which the developing fetus is killed by the choice of the mother bearing the child. Women of the fetuses have reasons to why their decision of removing the fetus from their belly, such as the protection of Women 's Rights, the medical risk of the mother 's life, and to prevent severe disorders of the child 's life . Women 's Rights correlates to every individuals, including males. Women have the moral right to decide what to do with their own bodies, whether it is customization of any surgical procedures that involves cosmetics, or outside situations that causes the woman to be impregnated with an unwanted partner.…
During the first couple of days I didn’t know whether to curl up into a ball and cry or be happy and exhilarated. I was Seventeen, I didn’t know how to be happy about me having a fetus inside of me. “I have my whole life ahead of me, this can’t be real, why me?” I constantly asked myself while looking at the positive pregnancy…
One source that has been found to cover this topic is a recorded documentary aired on PBS entitled "Test Tube Babies". This documentary includes examples of how doctors and other professionals attempted to complete in vitro fertilization before it was done successfully. An example included in the video was Dr. Landrum Shettles who attempted human egg fertilization in 1973 but was unsuccessful in producing a child from the method (Test Tube Babies). This account and others like it, help to display the struggle that took place within this scientific study until the adequate amount of time, and research had been reached. This documentary is also accompanied by an article, "How Are Babies Made?…