Miscarriage of justice

In her Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization, Khiara Bridges describes the business of pregnancy in the hospital environment of Alpha Hospital in New York. Bridges discusses the factors that contribute to a women’s pregnancy becoming an isolating and sometimes....experience. This in turn comes to affect how women are treated in Alpha hospital. Race, income and how society views women are important elements amongst a myriad of other factors in Bridges argument…

Cynara Collins Phil 230 02/04/2018 Abortion is a serious issue that has been going on for years, many people don’t fully understand abortion, and why people choose to do it. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. This usually is performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. There are different views on abortion, some agree and some don’t. abortions take place every single day, and yet public opinion remains at a standstill…

Genetic tests are never very accurate and can ¨greatly [increase] anxiety from a positive result, [and] false reassurance from a negative result¨ (Press 74). Why go through genetic testing and have to face the possibility of a miscarriage when the results are not guaranteed to be accurate? The risks of genetic testing to the unborn child and even to the mother is not greater than the gain that can come from the results. Genetic testing is still relatively new with the first time…

Hyperemesis Gravidarum Definition: • Also known as morning sickness; Extreme, excessive, and persistent vomiting in early pregnancy that may lead to dehydration and malnutrition. It is associated with weight loss of more than five percent of the woman’s pregnancy weight. It affects about one in every 300 pregnant women. It is most common in first pregnancies, women carrying multiple fetuses and young women. It usually desolves itself by the 20th week of gestation. Cause: • The body produces…

Thinking about an abortion? You have many things to consider when having an abortion. You should seek medical attention when think of getting an abortion so they can inform you of your options. Depending how far along you are you can have a in clinic procedure or you can ask to have the pill. Some laws may require medical consent from a parent if you are not 18 years of age or older. The Abortion pill & how it works. "Abortion pill" is a popular name for using two different medicines to end a…

Wrongful convictions undermine the Criminal justice system and the procedural structure that is supposed to “uphold” and help deliver justice. Justice is a term that has many different definitions however within the Canadian Justice System, what is Justice? Is justice having criminals being convicted regardless of how evidence was obtained or excluding important evidence based on how it was obtained, which may allow someone who is guilty, to be “free”. The Justice system protects the accused by…

Eyewitness misidentification has been the predominant cause of erroneous convictions. A study by the Innocence Project shows that it plays a role in 72% of justice miscarriages. However, eyewitness testimony is considered compelling evidence and has been the foundation upon which many cases have been brought to trial. Factors like weapon focus effect, forgetting curve, cross racial identification, communication with witness after identification and memory contamination, contribute to eye witness…

for the family, but there are also cons. These cons originate from the many studies that have been conducted in hopes of understanding the biological concerns that can come with having children at an older age. As women begin to age their rate of miscarriage increases along with the chances of having to resort to cesarean sections (Mathiessen, 2014). The complications that can come along with delivery is approximately 13 percent greater than those of mothers in their 20s (Mathiessen, 2014). For…

known as a miscarriage. It is very uncommon to have a miscarriage after the 20th week of pregnancy, that’s why more than 80% of spontaneous abortion occur within the first three months of pregnancy. There are different causes that can lead to this unfortunate situation, especially if the mother was hoping to carry the fetus to full term. For example, infections, hormone problems, immune system response, a mother’s health or physical condition can all lead to this scenario. A miscarriage can also…

clinic, “a miscarriage is a spontaneous loss of pregnancy before the twentieth week”. Almost ten to twenty percent of pregnancies result in a miscarriage. Anxiety and depression are common side effects of miscarriage, and especially if the woman has lost more than one child to a miscarriage. Many miscarriages have led to post-partum depression in women. While multiple miscarriages can cause post-partum depression, there is no increased risk for women who have a history of miscarriage compared to…