Miscarriage

Failure is defined to be a lack of success or the omission of expected or required action. The definition only touches the basis of failure. Emotional, physical, and mental tolls also factor in within the words failure, but like failure, you can not see it with the naked eye. Ever since I was a child, I dreamt of the day I would be able to call myself a mother. I can remember as a toddler prancing around the house holding as many baby dolls my arms would allow. The fact that I was the oldest of…

Chevron/Texaco is responsible for one of the worst toxic chemical spills ever. Oil and drilling byproducts were dumped into the area near the city of Nueva Loja over a span of 21 years, resulting in many environmental and health problems. It all started with oil drilling in the Lago Agrio Oil Fields of Ecuador. After their establishment in Ecuador in 1964, the Texaco oil rigs began wreaking havoc on the local communities. (Amazon Watch, 2013). Texaco, as well as the prominent Gulf Oil…

Molly Press Level 3 Biology Achievement Standard 3.2 – Integrating biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue. The use of IVF and Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) PGD is a process that individuals go through when carrying out IVF. It’s is when they screen an embryo for a particular genetic defect that their baby could be born with. The goal for PGD is to produce a baby that is ‘healthy’; this raises questions on what is a healthy baby. The first…

Abortion has become a major problem in many regions around the world like Latin America, North America and Africa. This poses significant challenges for especially the women in places such as El Salvador and Chile, where abortion is illegal in all circumstances, even if it may endanger the life of the women. There are other region where the country 's laws have allowed abortion only in certain cases and the laws of other regions have allowed abortion throughout no matter the circumstances. There…

A person who feels abandonment by a loved one eventually will begin to feel alone. Poet, Sylvia Plath was far too familiar with this feeling. In many of her writings, such as “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Plath wrote about her depressing feelings, especially towards her husband. In the story, she explains looking at the disgusting wallpaper and the feeling of being lonely. Towards the ending, it goes to explain her happiness began to develop through her children. Many of her writings include emotional…

trying to accomplish for many years. Between 1940 and 1971, a drug called Diethylstilbestrol (known as DES) was prescribed by thousands of physicians to pregnant women to prevent different types of complications associated with pregnancy, including miscarriages and stillbirths (Abboud, 2015). DES is a synthetic form of estrogen that reached between 5 and 10 million people as physicians of the time believed that women who suffered pregnancy complications had lower levels of estrogen. They…

Abortion is the early or premature termination of pregnancy that results in the loss of a human life. This controversial issue has been sparked debate between those with pro-life and pro-choice ideals. Pro-life advocates believe that pregnant women should not have the right to abort a human life because it would constitute murder. On the other hand, pro-choice supporters believe that women have the right to make decisions about their bodies and ultimately, the right to make a decision to either…

Abortion is a procedure to terminate a human pregnancy, they are often performed before 28 weeks of pregnancy. There are 2 types of abortion methods. The first being a medical abortion procedure where you take a combination of medicine to a cause a miscarriage. The second method being a surgical abortion procedure. There are several types of surgical procedures. Some people believe that abortion is wrong but many believe that it should be a woman 's decision. Statistics show that more people are…

Knowing one’s family health history provides families, as well as family health nurses knowledge regarding a patient’s risk for certain diseases (NIH, 2016). As families not only share genes, but their environment, and lifestyle, a family nurse must also consider non-biological factors when completing a family health history (NIH, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to discuss my findings after completing a genetic family history assessment, including three generations, as well as family…

Can you imagine being a star in an abundance of movies, receiving several awards, learning additional languages, and being named best dressed all in one lifetime? Audrey Hepburn was very well-known in the acting world, in addition, she was also a young philanthropist who loved helping and giving to people. Furthermore, she set the bar quite high with her sense of style. An acting career, many accomplishments, and an amazing family allowed Audrey Hepburn to be quite successful. Despite Audrey’s…