Dying Fetus

pharmaceutical drugs have helped women maintain health conditions and aid in overcoming the discomforts a pregnancy brings, yet have the potential to cause harm to the fetus. Studies have been rather limited in both their research and results, but have led to some insight on the risks that drugs pose: disturbances to the development of the fetus which can lead to birth defects . Overall, drugs taken during a pregnancy offer benefits and risks that affect both mother and child. In order to…

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a gothic science fiction novel written in the 19th century about Victor Frankenstein’s creation of a grotesque and unnatural being and the misery that results for both Frankenstein and his monster. Victor, a bright and intelligent young man studying at university, becomes enamored by the quest to create life. After discovering the secret, he raids graveyards and morgues for materials to create a new life. Victor succeeds, but is disgusted and horrified by his…

The duty of the mother to protect and nurture the developing fetus inside her womb is sometimes taken too lightly. So many different factors in the environment of the mother can be extremely harmful to the fetus, if not fatal. To describe the broad spectrum of environmental agents that have the potential to cause damage or death in the prenatal period of fetus development, the term teratogen is given. Teratogens can be things such as drugs, tobacco, alcohol, radiation, environmental pollution,…

termination and expulsion of a human pregnancy. Many women across the country do not even know how an abortion is processed. Some may even go forth with an abortion without being informed as to what the abortionist will be doing to their body and the fetus. In addition, it is important to know the process of an abortion and what they do with the baby. There are many types of abortions. The most common type of in-clinic abortion is the aspiration abortion. To sum it up, first, the abortionist…

In Judith Jarvis Thomson’s paper, “A Defense of Abortion,” Thomson clearly supports abortion even if the fetus is considered a person. In his argument, Thomson tells us to imagine that we were kidnapped and placed into a room side by side with a famous violinist. The reason we are kidnapped was because the famous violinist has a fatal kidney ailment and we have the right blood type that will aid the famous violinist from the poisons in his kidney. In this scenario, we have to stay side by side…

addiction which can be broken. Therefore, the individual should still be “punished” for that choice that they made. As an alternative option, I go back to the argument that individuals have the alternative to not have intercourse, would prevent the fetus from being…

Fetal Abuse and Teratogens After reading the article about the possible legal ramifications for prenatal abuse, and teratogens in the book, I can see both sides of the argument. The concept behind DeJesus ' prosecution is often referred to as "fetal rights": the notion that unborn babies deserve the same legal protections as children (“Fetal Abuse”). Multiple women have been charged and went to jail for taking drugs while pregnant and giving birth to babies who test positive for the drug. From…

This study will investigate the effect of television media on body image of adolescents girls diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Research has shown that the adolescent female is known to spent hours watching soap operas and reality programs. The objective of this paper is to examine the correlation between the hours spent exposed to television media, the specific television program exposure and any possible impact on body image the exposure to television media has on the specified population of…

Philosophical Ultrasound of Abortion Abortion is an ancient practice. In ancient Greek and Latin societies, abortion was commonly practiced by doctors, especially in the case of extra-marital pregnancies . In Greece it was used to regulate the size of the population and maintain stable economic and social conditions . We lack statistics from the time to know how frequent abortion in these ancient empires was, or data that could help us study the progression on abortion practices over time and…

and what comes out of her body without being subjected to ridicule and psychological punishment or torture. If she sees a difficult future as a result of having a baby, and she thinks the best way out is to let go a fetus rather than suffer which a child, she should let go the fetus. If she sees future challenges that could invoke unbearable hardship on her and her baby, be it in form of baby’s health or finances and she knows she wouldn’t be able to handle the challenges, it is then wise to let…