Unintended pregnancy

emotions, and choice instead of genetics. Although genetics are an important factor in the definition of a ‘traditional’ family, its significance is greatly diminished today. Surrogacy has been around since 1985 and the number of surrogacy pregnancies have skyrocketed since its debut. The term surrogate or surrogacy is defined by the journal article Genetic and…

she is. The speaker of the poem “Metaphors” is a woman with an unwanted pregnancy, and throughout the poem she struggles to decipher…

The logical next step from considering the right to motherhood is to think about the right not to become a mother: deciding not to have children, ending a pregnancy, or giving one’s children up for adoption. In the same way that the privilege of motherhood is not evenly applied across all groups, so surely must be the right to not be a mother. Although the decision to have children is often characterized as…

attribute of male quality. What most people fail to do is to evaluate the separation between sex and gender. This failure to recognize the difference between gender and sex starts at the fetal ultrasound examination and continues throughout the pregnancy process (Larkin, 282). As an attempt to explain a parents’ fascination with determining the sex of their baby, Lesley Larkin introduces the explanation of “preparedness” (283). Here, she uses the terminology…

According to the guttmacher.org it states that the defintion of pregnancy is when “A woman is consider pregnant only when a fertilized egg has implanted in the wall of a females uterus.” This paper will be covering the Development periods and the Trimester. implanted in the lining of the women uterus. When a female is pregnant she will go through an orderly sequence that takes her through stages as the soon to be baby begins to grow. The term prenatal development is broken down into three…

of the mother - One stipulation that I have towards abortion is that I believe that if the mother’s life is in jeopardy and having the baby could potentially kill her, she should have the choice to choose whether she wanted to continue with the pregnancy or get an abortion. - When the life of the mother is in jeopardy the situation then becomes a decision the family should get to make because of the woman’s life at stake. This terrible occasion is one special stipulation to abortion because the…

Getting pregnant can be one of the biggest blessings any women can have, but getting pregnant at the wrong time can also be one of the biggest obstacles a woman can overcome. My cousin Karina was rebellious teenager who learned to become responsible, work and take care of her daughter at the early age of seventeen. Thinking she had all the love and support from her boyfriends she was heartbroken and left alone forced to raise her daughter on her own. Karina became a teenage mom and with the…

Abortion is arguably the most prominent issue in the United States. Whether it comes to political policy or just someone’s moral standpoint, abortion means so much to citizens. The Bible does not directly touch upon abortion. Nowhere in the text does it directly say the word “abortion,” however it does discuss a baby’s life. In many instances, it speaks of the baby’s life and how it is sacred. Jeremiah 1:4-5 states “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (The Holy Bible), God was saying how…

Around the world, women have small alarms going off, reminding them to take their daily pill, which helps prevent pregnancies. Less than sixty years ago, women would not have had this privilege, but instead would heavily rely on men to provide some sort of birth control method. However, thanks to Margaret Sanger, women have the right to choose their form of birth control. Sanger’s legacy consists of many, even now, controversial movements, including the legalization of women’s birth control, the…

imperative to provide the care these inmates deserve and need (T. Norris, personal communication, November 11, 2016). Another important aspect of care would be to tailor care to each culture and race that posses more risk factors present during pregnancy, for instance, African American have a higher incidence of premature babies than any other race. Addressing the need for more racial staff members is a process that our facility continues to work…