Women Must be Free to Choose Abortion There comes a time in the lives of most women when an ovum, fertilized with sperm, will implant itself into her uterine wall. This is nature's first step in its attempt to continue the human race. Currently, when this implantation occ...

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...

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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 whotend to become teen mothers tend to be among the Black and Hispanic decent. Others tend to besexually assaulted or abused as children. Whether realized or not, teen pregnancy effectseveryone. It takes a toll on t...

The cost of LBW deliveries is also staggering. Henderson (1994)hypothesized that $285 million in hospital charges in the United Statescould be saved if prenatal care was utilized to prevent low birth weight.These moneys could be channeled into prevention and care programs for highrisk women if...

WHY MIGHT IT BE ARGUED THAT CHILDBIRTH HAS BEEN MEDICALISED? WHAT ARE THE POSITVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT? Introduction In the past few decades there has been an increasing medicalisation of childbirth. This has resulted in a major trend that was identified as early ...

Fetal and Neonatal Pain and Long Term ImplicationsIntroduction Over the last decade, the perception of pain and stress in fetal and neonatal life has attracted great attention. This is partly due to an increasing understanding of fetal physiology and a greater number of invasive techniques used in t...