Fetal Alcohol Syndrome results from the mother's excessive use of alcohol during pregnancy. The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (2001) defines Fetal Alcohol Syndrome as "a disorder characterized by growth retardation, facial abnormalities, and central nerv...

Abortion can be defined in many scientific and non-scientific ways, but the basic definition is bringing about termination of a pregnancy by ejecting a fetus that is not able to survive on its own. "The right to have an abortion is 'reproductive freedom'" ("On Abortion: A Lincoln Position"). The fe...

Many have argued over the legality of abortion. Pro-life activists believe that every child conceived should be born. They also believe abortion is murder. On the other hand, pro-choice activists feel life does not begin at conception but at birth. Also pro-choice activists believe the child ins...