South Carolina's Cruel Intentions Prematurity, Low Birth Rate, Infections, Small Head Size, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Birth Defects, and Stunted Growth. These are merely a few of the health risks associated with drug abuse for a baby. When a pregnant woman uses drugs, she and her unbor...

SHOULD PREGNANT DRUG USERS BE PROSECUTED? Many of us are use to hearing about the "War on Drugs" or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), but not every day we hear about groups trying to stop mothers from killing their unborn child. The method that these mothers are using to k...

Pregnant Women and Smoking Maternal smoking is the number one modifiable risk factor in the prevention of low birth weight. (www.beststart.org) Is pregnant women and smoking a harmful disease to new born babies? Yes, but no, many women that do smoke have many problems with their babies. But ...

Pregnancy in Women In today's society women are looked upon as mothers born to reproduce. The men in this society sometimes pressure the women into producing a child. Although the male does have a part in the babies life, the women is the primary carrier of the baby and it is mostly up ...

Abortion: A Women's Right to Choose. Regardless of how we feel about embryos, fetuses, and their "rights"...about women and sex and responsibility...about God's will, Karma, or the Bible...the fact still remains: Women have always used abortion as a last resort to prevent the birth of a child,...

Aids and Society The number of newborns infected by vertical transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus is increasing as the prevalence of HIV-positive women increase within the United States. It is estimated that while seven thousand HIV-positive women become pregnant each year, b...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome By Stacney Martin What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a series of mental and physical birth defects The manifestations of these defects are associated with a mother's ingestion of alcohol during pregnancy. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...

Q: What is the difference between a pregnant blonde and a light bulb? A: You can't unscrew a light bulb. Q: What does a blonde say when she gives birth? ...

Pre-mature expulsion of the foetus from the womb of a pregnant woman" or in the real world "murder of an unborn child". Their are many pro's and con's of having an abortion that it is not fair to simple say i am for or against the idea. I no for sure that babies are not ...

Every twenty-six seconds a teen becomes pregnant in the United States. The women who tend to become teen mothers tend to be among the Black and Hispanic decent. Others tend to be sexually assaulted or abused as children. Whether realized or not, teen pregnancy effects everyone. It takes a toll ...

Every twenty-six seconds a teen becomes pregnant in the United States. The women who tend to become teen mothers tend to be among the Black and Hispanic decent. Others tend to be sexually assaulted or abused as children. Whether realized or not, teen pregnancy effects everyone. It takes a to...

There is no right to life before birth in any society on Earth today, nor has there been at any former time. Every human being in the United States they are granted their unalienable rights. These rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. I believe each women should be able to have the c...

In the debate on abortion do the rights of the woman outweigh those of the foetus. Discuss? When a woman decides to have sex she is taking the chance of getting pregnant, even if she uses protection. If she doesn't want to get pregnant she shouldn't have sex, and she should be responsib...

Females have battled society for "women's rights" for centuries. Any right that women have wanted, they have had to fight for. There have been many great women who have dedicated their whole life to fight for a women's cause. Helen Hunt Jackson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Margaret...

Abortion Within the last 20 years or so, abortion has been one of the most intense topics being talked about in the United States and Canada. Abortion is a topic of human interaction where ethics, emotions, and the law come together. There are people that have dissimilar views of abortion, but ...

Pregnancy Related Diseases Becoming pregnant may not always be a planned occurrence, especially when a woman is in college. Things happen, and when they do, some may not know what to do next. What several people do not realize also is that there are several things that can go wrong during a pr...

Abortion If a female friend or family member were raped and got pregnant should she have the option of having an abortion? Many people disagree whether abortions should be legal. There are many reasons why women choose to have an abortion. Two main reasons why abortions should always stay legal: i...

Choice As a Last Resort If you were raped and got pregnant should you have the option of having an abortion? Many people disagree whether abortions should be legal. Yes, abortions are very wrong, but only if this were a perfect world would abortions not exist. Prolife people have extremely negative...

Abortion In the past three decades, abortion has been a topic of considerable controversy in North America. Abortion, although widely practiced, was considered immoral and illegal in most western societies until this generation. Abortion discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and la...

Midwifery, outdated or underrated? Many pregnant women in the United States are unaware of the options they have in choosing their primary health care providers. Most women think that the only way to have their baby delivered is by going to a hospi...

Do you think that abortion is the same thing as murdering your own child? People have argued this question for centuries. In 1996, there were 30 abortions for every 1,000 women aged 15-19 ("Teen" 1). I think abortion should be against the law because it's harmful to the mother and ...

Do you think that abortion is the same thing as murdering your own child? People have argued this question for centuries. In 1996, there were 30 abortions for every 1,000 women aged 15-19 ("Teen" 1). I think abortion should be against the law because it's harmful to the mother and ...

Do you think that abortion is the same thing as murdering your own child? People have argued this question for centuries. In 1996, there were 30 abortions for every 1,000 women aged 15-19 ("Teen" 1). I think abortion should be against the law because it's harmful to the mother and ...

Prenatal development is the period in development from conception to the onset of labor. Perinatal period is the period beginning about the seventh month of pregnancy and continuing until about four weeks after birth. Postnatal development is the period in development the follows dir...

I have always thought the idea of gods and goddesses very interesting, ancient goddess being most interesting. I have felt this way because the majority of people in this day and age were raised with the male figure being the head of the household. In some third world countries the women are not e...