A Defense of Abortion

disability, the option to end their suffering in a respectful manner and live their remaining lives to the fullest should be available. This is a clear example of similar values, but different justifications. This is similar to the heated conflict about abortion in the sense that “What makes these conflicts so intense is that they are battles over the meaning of the same values, not that they oppose one value, held exclusively by one sides, with another, held exclusively by their antagonists.”…

Ingleharts theory on value change identifies the fact that many states have moved from Materialist values to Post-Materialist values. Meaning that as states economies have grown, their values have grown and changed with it. Inglehart had suggested that when a state had been developing, their first values were materialist. Why? Because Materialist mostly focus on keeping order in their countries or making sure that prices on goods and services are not rising too much. As a society starts to…

sexual abused by her uncle and no one believes her? Do you see a 15 year old who is not allowed to play on the baseball team for school because he is black? Do you see a 17 year old who was raped and is now being forced by her parents to have an abortion, because it is to humiliating for them? These are all violations and the negative side of the children’s rights, but maybe you see the positive side of the phrase. Do you see a 6 year old sitting in school receiving a proper education? Do you…

Cardinal Bernardin “Because we esteem human life as sacred, we have a duty to protect and foster it at all stages of development from conception to natural death and in all circumstances. Because we acknowledge that human life is also social, society must protect and foster it" (“Consistent Ethic of Life” Bernardin). Once referred to as “the most influential bishop in the history of the American church,” Cardinal Bernardin was a prominent figure in the formation of the understanding of…

Is Sexual Education Important? Since the beginning of public education, sexual education courses have been a controversial topic. With the hope to avoid offending parents, guardians, teachers, students, or religious beliefs, it has been shoved under the rug and expected to be taught in the home. With this approach, what happens to those children with parents who don’t believe in educating their kids about sexual activity? When they experience adolescence or even adulthood, they are responsible…

of the town is black. Numerous account reveals officer and court employees conveying racist views through interviews and conversation. “Messages between Ferguson officials compared African-Americans to chimpanzees and characterized a black woman’s abortion as an effective crime-stopping tool.” The department also used tasers and dogs in unnecessary amount on black suspects. They also “budgeted for large increases in municipal fines and fees each year, putting pressure on the police and court…

them. Social movements’ goal is to make social changes; they develop through informal systems, which do not have institutionalized and formalized nature. In the modern world social movements such as the movement for the prohibition and for allowing abortion, the environmental movement,…

students (Brown v Board); the right of the accused to have attorneys appointed to them if they cannot afford one (Gideon v Wainright); the right of the accused to be informed of their right to an attorney (Miranda v Arizona); the right of women to have abortions (Roe v Wade); the right to use contraceptives (Griswold v Connecticut); the right of same-sex couples to legally marry (Obergefell v Hodges) and others. One of the things that I believe sets the United States apart from many other…

Every four years in the United States, a president is elected into office. Either a new president will come into office, or a previous one may come back. Either or, it is the choice of the people of the United States. Though in past years not every man or woman from different backgrounds and races could vote, this has changed. People can vote when they turn 18, no matter their gender, race, or sexuality. But these days, many millennials do not go out and vote for a presidential candidate. This…

Marcus, who had turned 16, got a job working for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Little Rock, Arkansas. Charles, who is Marcus’s friend, got hired on at the same time. They started out as bitter enemies but somehow they grew to be wonderful friends. Marcus and Charles had nothing better in the summer with their time besides tearing things up and working. They would steal signs, parking meters and drag them behind his car, blow up mailboxes, and other destructive things. They thought they owned the…