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    support the child to prevent a life of suffering and inadequate living conditions, such as, food stamps, section 8 housing, WIC, Supplemental nutrition assistance program and childcare subsidies. And finally, when it comes with the exception of rape or incest to the woman…

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    “Each year an estimated 13,000 American women have abortions after becoming pregnant as a result of rape and/or incest” (Friedman 7). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “14,000 abortions are done because of rape/incest (This only makes up about 1% of all abortions.)” Many Americans assume that a women who conceived because of rape or incest would chose to have an abortion, but in actuality, that is not the case. As stated in Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About…

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    Lawrence V. Wade

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    He says, "state laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masterbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers' validation of laws based on moral choices." Without Bowers set as a precedent, many laws lose their foundation. If Roe…

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    women might be faced with uncertainties – whether they have the means to give the child a stable household or if they make enough money to support a growing baby. The baby in question might have been conceived through a form of malice, by rape or incest. Then there is the matter of others telling the uncertain mother that no baby should be aborted; that she should consider adoption. No matter the circumstances, the decision to abort an unborn child is likely never an easy one, but one that…

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    world, Egyptian marriages were very different; husbands could marry more than one wife, and people of close relations (first cousins, brothers and sisters, etc.) could also wed one another. For the most part, however, incest was frowned upon, except in the royal family, where incest was used to safeguard the dynastic…

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    Essay On Oedipus The King

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    disregarded the incest if he would have just listened to Jocasta when she told him of how she had a son of the king who was there before him. Outrageous gaffe like this was done in his life that could have not gone ignored by the God's. For example, he could have listened to the oracles instead of being ignorant and acting almighty when the Gods wanted punishment on Laius murderer. Therefore, it was all fate from the day he was born to kill both of his parents, but later it changed to incest and…

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    Federal Government Should Outlaw Late-Term Abortion In 2013, reporter Sarah Terzo from Live Action News in Virginia indicated that late-term abortion clinic shoots babies through the heart with poison in order to kill them. This example is a good reason to why the federal government should be outlawing late-term abortion. No matter what situation the mother and fetus are in, every fetus should have the right to live a meaningful life. However, the federal government should outlaw abortion…

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    Many unborn babies have been killed and many others emotionally affected by abortion. Except in the case of rape or incest, abortion must become illegal. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy and the death of a fetus. If induced, abortion is equivalent to murder. Abortion can be very harmful to both the mother and, of course, the unborn baby. Abortion is a procedure that kills unborn babies, and usually performed because the mother does not want her child. A pregnancy usually lasts…

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    In the articles “ The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean” by Catherine Tosenberger and “Women, Star Trek and the Early Development of Fannish Vidding” by Francesca Coppa, examples of both textual poaching and intertextuality, or nomadic reading is demonstrated. Based off of discussions in class and Henry Jenkins “Get A Life”, textual poaching refers to the relationship between fans and producers, where fans interpret and re-create new materials by the appropriation of various media content. Nomadic…

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    The post states that society needs abortion in order to deal with rape and incest. It further explains that abortion protects rapists, and allows child predators to continually offend. The post on now.org resonates with me. I believe that all women should maintain autonomy over their bodies. I cannot believe this continues to…

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