The Unborn

1. The issue in this case is if the Drobner v. Peters case should be used as a precedent to dismiss the Woods v. Lancet case, that is whether or not an infant plaintiff could recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained in the mother’s womb during the ninth month of pregnancy resulting in serious injuries, permanently damaging the infant. Citing Drobner v. Peters, the Special Term granted the motion and dismissed the suit on the grounds that infant plaintiff’s failed to state a cause of…

Have you ever asked yourself how traffic jams affect your health? If you have not then you should be concerned. An obvious fact is that we are living in a traffic-ridden time It appears that the number of cars on our roads is increasing at a fast rate yet the roads still remain the same or expand slightly. This leads to you spending more time on the road, burning more fuel, and also causing more pollution. Yes it may seem like norm and many of us are accustomed to it But, did you know traffic…

The controversy surrounding abortion has been prevalent in society since before 1973 (NAF) and continues to be a dividing factor between pro life and pro choice. Pro-life supporters believe that abortion should not be allowed to be performed anywhere while pro choice supporters believe that the decision is up to the woman. Googles definition of abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. Termination means the action of bringing something or coming to an end. In other words,…

Later when she told the story they gave her two options. Too move out with the unborn child or to have an abortion. Picture 7: Roxie thought about the options and decided it was in her best interest to move out and support her baby. Picture 8: She later told Ronnie the news. He was beyond happy at this point. He stated he was to…

Christianity and Judaism are two monotheistic religions which although hold similar values on ethical teachings, maintain varying perspectives on controversial issues, dividing not only world religions but denominations and individuals as a whole. Bioethics refers to biomedical advancements and the faith-based beliefs and practices concerning the controversial matters of; abortion, euthanasia and in vitro fertilisation (IVF). In Christianity and Judaism, similarities and contrasts of beliefs and…

Genetic Engineering is the modification of genes that ultimately improves the organism being engineered. Most of the genetic engineering done today is used on crops and animals, but some is also used in humans as well. Creating things like herbicide resistant crops and faster-growing animals have turned out to be very efficient in many ways, but no matter how great they are, they were always questioned and seen as unnatural (Erickson, 2012). Today, genetic screening is done on human fetuses to…

For most of the past 50 years, the United States has been divided on the issue of abortions. The fundamental basis for this argument centers on the issue of whether a fetus is a human life or not. This implies that abortion could be considered as murder if it is viewed as a human lifeform. On the other side, some people hold the view that the human fetus is within another human being who must take care of it when it is born so that individual has the right to take a decision. In my opinion,…

recognition or moral status to fetal life at all, effectively leaving the life of the fetus completely out of the process of ethical decision-making. The pro-choice side, however, often sees pro-life advocates as concerned only with the life of the unborn and callous about the lives and opportunities of those same children from the moment they are born. Pro-life advocates appear to give virtual sovereignty to the fetus, blind to the stark realities of poverty and human hardship, while ruling out…

being the increased rate of stillbirths, miscarriages, and ectopic (outside the uterus) pregnancy (Torpy 1286). As the mother smokes a cigarette, the chemicals from the cigarette go into the mother’s bloodstream and can eventually find its way to the unborn child’s bloodstream, further more causing damage to the fetus as if it would if it were the adult. If this does not worry a mother than this should, some of the harmful chemicals that are in cigarette smoke include: nicotine, carbon…

In 1947, researchers were conducting a study for yellow fever. They did many tests on insects and other wildlife to find signs of yellow fever. While they were doing tests, they stumbled upon a rhesus monkey that had a fever. They ran tests on the money, and the blood samples told them that there was this new virus. Because the scientists were in the Zika forest in Uganda, they decided to name the virus Zika. The Zika virus usually isn’t that harmful. It is like other insect-borne diseases.…