Social Issues Essays

The story “The Abandoner” by Ma Jian is about the Chinese vice-chairman’s effort to abandon his first daughter. He desperately desires to have a son in order to carry on his family lineage, yet the fortune teller predicts he will never have one. Accurately, his wife gives birth to two daughters, and his first child, […]

Q. Ethical Issues Regarding Abortion & The Catholic Church’s Teaching on it Abortion was one of the issues in which modern bioethical reflection begun. It is an issue which has been bitterly debated for centuries, but in particular recent times where there are new threats to human life on an alarming scale facilitated by new […]

Hillary Clinton states that she has never met anyone who is in favor of abortion, but she has come across many individuals who believe in the right to choose. The key message is that people should have the liberty to make choices regarding their own bodies, even if they do not personally support abortion. In […]

Do you support murder? Abortion is exactly the same practice as murder, yet many people support it. Abortion is the killing of an unborn baby any time during pregnancy. Abortion is immoral and cannot be consider correct in any form. Abortion is just like murder because an innocent person is killed. The reason abortions are […]

A large proportion of females, males, and youngsters living in Bom Jesus face challenges from the moment they are born. On average, women grappling with poverty in this area experience around 12 pregnancies throughout their childbearing years; yet only approximately three children survive these pregnancies (pg. 311). When questioned about their ideal number of offspring, […]

The case of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992) is a suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, filed by five abortion clinics and a physician who provides abortion services, representing the class of physicians who similarly provide such services. (FindLaw). They question the constitutionality of five provisions of the Pennsylvania Abortion […]

An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy associated with the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion may be spontaneous, induced, therapeutic or elective. Induced abortions may be elective or therapeutic. The ethics and morality of induced and elective abortion has become a highly debatable ethical issue, particularly in the United States of […]

Abortion raised the question of: What kind of society would we want to live in? Should we want to live in a society which protects and look after those who are least able to look after themselves like unborn babies? Or in a society where the powerful impose the views and those who have no […]

The legalization of abortion is still a big question for people who are concerned about this issue. According to doctors, psychologists, and journalists, an abortion is a serious health risk for woman’s body and soul. There are two types of abortion, a medical abortion and an instrumental abortion. A medical abortion is the easiest way […]

Many Christians believe that abortion is wrong because it is the termination of the unborn foetus. They also believe the life is sacred and belongs to God; only he has the right to end a pregnancy. An abortion should never be the answer no matter what the circumstances may be. Christians oppose the deliberate killing […]

Ousmane’s Black Docker is a tragic and moving novel centred on one black man’s struggle to find the liberation, equality and fraternity promised by the modern society of mid 20th century Marseille and Paris. Diaw Falla, originally from Senegal, slaves away on the docks to further his passion for writing and aspirations for becoming an […]

The population census of 2011 has given the familiar pattern of declining Child Sex Ratio (Age 0-6 years). From 976 in the census of 1961, it has come down to 914 in census of 2011 (provisional figures). Some of the States like Haryana (830) have reached a dangerous level. What is startling is the rate […]

Abortion? With being a woman come a great responsibility, the responsibility of motherhood. The role women have as mothers in society is substantial and dangerous. The choice of being a mother is not a choice that is in full power of the woman, this choice is shared with men. Throughout history the debate over abortion […]

The issue of abortion has caused a rift among Americans, resulting in two distinct factions. However, the release of the movie Juno in December 2007 has presented a more nuanced viewpoint. Juno MacGuff, a sixteen-year-old girl known for her independence, takes center stage in this film as she navigates an unplanned pregnancy. Coming from a […]

Sociology Campbell When Does Life Begin In 2010 1. 2 million abortions were reported in the United States alone. Of that 1. 2 million 728,000 were performed at less than 9 weeks, 217,000 were between 9 to 10 weeks, 118,000 were performed between 11 and 12 weeks, and 142,000 were performed at 13 weeks or […]

Her secondary purpose is persuasive as she describes a change to be made in the set-in-stone policy regarding abortion and the need for more doctors to have the necessary training to perform abortions after sixteen weeks of pregnancy as doctors are becoming more obsolete to perform that type of surgery. Mendoza uses narration of event […]

Chapter I A. Introduction Abortion is one of the most persistently controversial issues in Philippines and in the America as well, in terms of culture and politics today. The Philippines is locked in heated debate over sex education for its people, not just in the schools but for adults. This conflict is perhaps reflective of […]

I have chosen to research the impact of US health policy on abortion for multiple reasons. I believe that abortion is a controversial issue, not only from religious and ethical perspectives but also in terms of health policy. My focus will be solely on the health policy aspects of abortion, disregarding other factors with minimal […]

Hills Like White Elephants In the story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, the author uses the luggage to symbolize the hard decision that the American and Jig face in regards to having the abortion. The couple faces a very difficult decision about this baby because they are not willing to give up their […]

The controversy over abortion has been going on for years. This movie portrays how the debate has changed over the decades in a befitting manner. It is about three different women who come upon having to make the choice of terminating their pregnancies. The setting takes place in the same house during the course of […]

Introduction President Barack Obama has expressed his views on various political matters through legislative actions and public statements. His administration is committed to making healthcare more affordable and accessible, improving the economy, strengthening social security and public education, ending conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, achieving energy independence, addressing climate change, and preventing Iran from obtaining […]

In ancient Rome, the practice of engaging in abortions and leaving unwanted children was permissible, but as society advanced, these behaviors became unacceptable to logical individuals. Consequently, in 1948, Canada and other countries worldwide reached a consensus on a United Nations declaration that ensures the right to life for all human beings. The World Medical […]