The Unborn

Javon Johnson The poems I chose to discuss are “A Letter to My Unborn Daughter” and “Cuz He’s Black” by Javon Johnson. Both poems deal with three major topics: racism, sexism, and double standards. Javon Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Studies at San Francisco State University and received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Performance Studies. Javon began writing his slam poetry in 2001 and won the Los Angeles Slam Nationals in 2003, being one of the…

Substance abuse during pregnancy can have a life threatening effect to the unborn baby such as heart attacks, respiratory failure, strokes and seizures. If you drink, smoke or ingest illegal drugs, the fetus does as well. You aren’t only putting your own life on the line, put also the unborn baby. Exposing the fetus to drugs can increase the baby’s chance of being premature, have birth defects, be under weight and possibly cause stillbirths. Babies born by mothers who use drugs often have…

For decades doctors have been conducting prenatal genetics tests that show if the unborn child has any abnormalities. The results of these tests could cause parents to make hard decisions concerning their unborn child, such as abortion. New technology has provided an alternative for parents who are faced with unforeseen circumstances concerning their child. This technology allows them to change the coding of their child’s DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic makeup of all living organisms) to…

how on earth did it come down to a truck coming to pick up an undesirable children? This world believes if an unborn child could be killed, why not a born one? Just as a fetus is completely helpless and has no ability to protect itself, notwithstanding of a child who is newborn through eleven years old. A child could be aborted up till the age of eleven…

For some families they fear the outcome of a medical complication that can occur when an unborn baby is tested for chromosomal abnormalities. As for Susan she unable to become pregnant for many years, and now that she is pregnant she faces a dilemma in how she will handle the outcome of her unborn baby and his diagnosed Down syndrome. In this paper I will be discussing the ethical dilemma about aborting an unborn child based on the medical condition they have that was diagnosed during…

should be up to the mother to decide whether she wants to be pregnant or not therefore she should have the right to have an abortion if she wants. This is not only violating the unborn baby's constitutional rights, it's murder and it's morally wrong. Pregnancy is just a temporary change in lifestyle, abortion is ending an unborn baby's. The issue over abortion has been around for a long time and countless lives have been lost in the process, its time that we put a stop to all this nonsensical…

Woman's body; her choice! People avoid conversations that deal with abortion because it leads to a variety of altercations between one another. Should the woman have the choice to choose to abort? Should the unborn baby get a chance at life? Sometimes life throws curveballs and unplanned pregnancy happens at unexpected times. Fear and unpreparedness flood one's body with news on becoming pregnant, planned or not. Abortion should be illegal throughout the United States in all instances, except…

Despite the significant factors mentioned above, opponents of the abortion procedure believe otherwise. They argue for keeping abortion in California in order for women to have a say about what they can do with their bodies and it would only do more good than harm. To validate their point, opponents argue that women have the right to choose whether they want to seek an abortion or not. By having that choice, abortion empowers women because it gives them control over their own bodies. Women’s…

Constitution, the 14th Amendment was designed to protect classes of people like the unborn. According to Life News, "The criminalization of abortion accelerated during the 1860's, and by the 1900's it was generally considered a felony in every state. Thus, there was no reason for Congress to specifically discuss the unborn in their debate on the 14th Amendment. The unborn were already a protected class in the U.S." Killing an unborn child is violating their 14th Amendment, which is one of the…

Ornella Nzau Professor Latoya Watkins Englisg1302 10/17/2016 Abortion Throughout the world, the number of abortion has highly increased. Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy.it is the killing or the removal of an unborn baby. Abortion is legal in the United States where as some of the states do not encourage and permit it. Although the U.S Supreme Court has stated abortion to be a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S constitution, abortion is consider unsafe. More than…