Preterm birth

In the third chapter of Freakonomics, the question that is asked is “Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?” The first phrase that is brought up is “conventional wisdom,” and economist John Kenneth Galbraith describes this phrase as information that reinforces a single person's own type of interest and well-being. Conventional wisdom is convenient and comforting, but it does not necessarily have to be. It takes a lot for people to even begin to doubt that conventional wisdom is not true…

sterilization whereas in The Handmaid’s Tale they are trying to increase the population growth because of their infertility. In Gilead’s society, women are obligated to have children with men they do not care for and are forced to give them away at birth. Women are not only diminished to their fertility and ability to reproduce but they are also prohibited from thinking for themselves and using their bodies as they wish. They barely have any freedoms and their lives are limited to going to the…

The key arguments of Feminist Issues: Race, Class, and Sexuality Pages one hundred eighty-five to one hundred ninety and the last forty-five minutes of the film Status Quo are people need to change their perception of what women’s abortion rights should be, there must be universal childcare that is affordable and easy to access and that gender is a performance that men commonly use and is different for men of different race and disability. The argument that people must have respect for others…

Abortion techniques were developed as early as 1550 BC, as it gets to practice on Greece and Rome. It was unregulated and often unsafe for doing that. In the United States, it is legal to abort a baby up until the day of birth. An abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth which results in the deaths of an embryo or a fetus. Countless people consider abortion as cruel as murder. After many decades of the U.S Supreme Courts’ Roe v.Wade decision, there are a lot of much debate over whether…

The Importance of Planned Parenthood and Funding Sometime in your life, you have probably heard of Planned Parenthood, but how much do you really know about it? The public needs to be more aware of what kind of services Planned Parenthood offers. Planned Parenthood is a, “private, non-profit provider of medical services related to family planning, men and women’s sexual health, and abortions” (Ramelb 510). Its services focus on preventative health care. Many people oppose funding for Planned…

Life with Four Brothers In the Eldridge household, there are five children. I am the oldest of those children. I am also the only girl, because there is only one other option of gender (not counting the ones society tries to push on us, none of my siblings think they are cats or anything of that nature) this means all my siblings are boys. This also means I am one of two girls in the entire house. Having a two to five ratio of girls to boys the house gets a little hectic, and when I say gets a…

Planned Parenthood is a center designed to be a resource and safe haven for young people and women seeking help with preparing for the responsibilities and risks that come with sexual intercourse. Besides abortions, they offer many services such as birth control, counseling, physical examinations (that less costly than most clinics), and pre-natal care. There are not too many Planned Parenthood centers that actually perform abortions. If they do not perform such procedures, they are willing to…

“Full Moon Leads To More Babies? Hospital’s Possible Explanation For Weekend Baby Boom In Sacramento” she reports on the miraculous birth of 45 newborns during a 48 hour period. Many doctors at the hospital jokingly claimed this miracle to be a result of the full moon that occurred. To explain this phenomenon Llorens states, “The theory of the lunar effect on births is based off the gave that the moon’s gravitational pull causes high tides. Since the human body is made up of 80% percent water,…

Fantasia Goodwin, a young pregnant girl, hide her pregnancy; this may have bring may more complications than she thought. Goodwin committee and unethical action. She did not tell anything about her pregnancy to her coach. Goodwin’s coach was in the obligation to know about her pregnancy because in this way, he would have debate if she was in good conditions to continue practicing. Also, Goodwin put the baby at risk. Pregnant women have to be careful when they exercises because it can cause…

I Want to Teach my Child About Sex by Dr. Karl and Shannon Wendt is a step by step book on how parents should prepare and execute the talk about sex with their children. From a traditional Christian perspective, the authors lead the parents through courage building, researching, the initial talk and continued education. This book begins with the authors pointing out the fact that this can be a very awkward time for parents and helping them build up the courage to begin this extremely necessary…