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Sexual Orientation Prevent Pregnancy
1,302 wordsHomosexuality is an erotic attraction, sexual behavior, emotional attachment, and a definition of the self. Over 7 1 / 2 million people in the United States are homosexual. These people are those who are interested in the same sex as lovers. They are often thought of gays for men and lesbians for the females. A persons sexual orientation is what sex one is attracted to, the types are: bisexuality (both sexes), homosexuality (same sex), and heterosexuality (opposite sex). Most religious views of ...
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Cigarette Smoking Unborn Babies
1,917 words... se, but long-term smoking may still permanently damage arteries. Studies continue to confirm the dangers of second-hand smoke; one study reported that exposure to second hand smoke is just as dangerous in the workplace as it is at home. Regular exposure to passive smoke is now estimated to increase the risk of heart disease in the nonsmoker by between 25 % and 91 %, causing 30, 000 to 60, 000 deaths each year. According to one report nonsmokers who spend as little as a half-hour in a smoke- ...
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Baby Is Born Sexually Active
1,274 wordswhy or Teaching about Teenage Pregnancy why not? What is sex education, Planned Parenthood of America defines sex education as a learning responsibility and the ethical behavior stressing the importance of understanding sexuality in all its aspects, humane growth, sexual development, social development, and decision making, as well as information on the biology of the reproduction system. (1. p. 24) Do our children today need to be aware of what sex education is and how teen pregnancy can affect...
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Teenage Parents Teen Mothers
1,275 words... trusted to reward individuals who step outside the normative schedule. This may lead her to center all of her energies on motherhood in an attempt to reap some of the benefits given to women in her same cultural status. According to Keith Scott, author of Teenage Parents and Their Offspring, "among mothers aged thirty-five to fifty-two, those who were fifteen or younger at their first birth have an average of three children more than women who were at least twenty-four when they became mothe...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Difficult To Find
1,440 wordsTeenagers in the United States are experimenting with sexual activities more and more today than ever before. According to Charles Krauthammer, "Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it. " (Meier, 1994, p. 7). Teenagers are surrounded by some sort of sexual connotations all the time. Whether it is television, radio, school, or even the Internet, teenagers are hearing the affects of sex on our society. The price that teenagers pay for being sexu...
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Menstrual Cycle Second Trimester
1,145 wordsThere are many ways to deal with pregnancy and judging by modern standards of right and wrong many issues dealing and relating to this are heavily debated on. A woman / mother -to-be in todays society has many choices for her and her unborn child. Of course the first would be to keep the child and raise him / her , another would be to have the child put up for adoption when he / she is born, and last an abortion. The mother or parents have to make up their minds in what is best for them and the ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Central Nervous System
2,024 wordsNow of course with the holidays coming up everyone knows to drink and behave responsibly. Everyone including the young mothers who are carrying children. They know all about the physical and cognitive effects that a drink may have on their fetus. According to health surveys 19 percent of 4 million mothers used some form of alcohol in their prenatal phase, in 1992. And this number is continually increasing, making Fetal Alcohol Syndrome one of the leading causes of birth defects in the United Sta...
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Supreme Court Justices Life Of The Mother
2,014 wordsabortion: n. 1. Induced termination of a pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or fetus that is incapable of survival. 2. A miscarriage. 3. Cessation of normal growth, esp. of a body part, prior to full development or maturation. 4. An aborted organism. 5. Something malformed or incompletely developed; a monstrosity. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty an...
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Genetic Tests Downs Syndrome
1,625 wordsProbably, applied genetics most impacts on society are as a result of genetic tests. In general, genetic tests seek to detect some feature of a persons genetic constitution. This feature can be a disease causing mutation or a marker DNA sequence used to detect presence of another gene. Obviously these procedures used for testing the status of DNA, RNA or chromosomes are included in genetic tests. What is more it is possible to include some protein based tests and classical medical examinations w...
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Biology Research In Vitro Fertilization
2,054 wordsIn Vitro Fertilization (IVF), is the procedure whereby human babies are conceived, not in the womb but in a test tube or a Petri dish. This procedure has become one of the greatest developments in the world of medical technology. In Vitro Fertilization has given infertile couples the chance to conceive and bear a child from a full term of pregnancy. Without this procedure, their infertility would render them childless. There are many aspects of the IVF program that have been both praised and cri...
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Legal Abortions Birth Control
1,188 words... us be left to the individual instead of the state (Wennberg, 82). In my opinion the right to bear children or not shouldn't be just a woman's decision. Why must women's liberation be related to her independent choice and not with a socially intellectual choice where all parties find a middle ground? The statement that the abortion argument is a part of a larger sphere, which includes feminism and that the powers that be are trying to put an end to this, is based on speculation. If this were ...
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Pro Choice Legal Abortion
1,306 wordsAlthough abortion is widely accepted in our modern society there are several serious drawbacks to this procedure. These are the health issue of the mother, the political ramifications that it brings, and the moral conflict that it causes. The main controversy is, who's right is it to abort? Many will argue and say it is the woman's right to chose what she does with her own body, but what about the father's right? The man's involvement in the abortion decision is not about the woman's choice, it ...
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Life Of The Mother Save The Life
1,624 wordsRoe vs. Wade Roe vs. Wade was a very controversial issue for its time, and today. Roe vs. Wade was a landmark case for womens rights. Roes case required states to allow women to have an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. This allowed women a choice if they would like to keep a child. Roe vs. Wade was so controversial because it dealt with the topic of abortion. To many people abortion is killing an unborn child, or child. Abortion is more than a political issue it is also a moral...
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Value Of Human Life Fertilized Egg
2,589 wordsIs Abortion Ethical? In the modern world, abortion is one of the most controversial issues that our society ever faced. With a number of abortions made increasing every year, this matter generates a great concern among the public. Almost every mature person has an opinion on this subject and most of these opinions fall into two general groups pro-choice and pro-life (Ward). Individuals that oppose abortions argue that abortion is an unethical thing and that governments should either establish a ...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Smoking During Pregnancy
3,954 wordsSudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome, better known as S. I. D. S. , is one of the leading causes for the inflated infant mortality rate in this country today. It is often misunderstood or unrecognizable. For the most part, the causes of SIDS are unknown to the general public. This is changing, however, as public awareness is ever increasing. Thus, the purpose of this paper will be to explain sudden infant death syndrome and its known or suggested causes. Also, the history of...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Mental Retardation
608 wordsfetal alcohol syndrome The 1990 s is witnessing the significant impact alcohol-related birth defects are having on our society. These birth defects are caused by maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy which are irreversible, yet preventable. The most severe outcome, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), to the less easily diagnosed fetal alcohol effects (FAE). The incidence of FAS is estimated at. 33 per 1, 000 live births. The estimated incidence of FAE is three times that of FAS. With an annual cost...
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Drug Interactions Drug Therapy
1,011 wordsGastroesophageal Reflux Disease Robert Super Longitudinal Care Dr. Slater 3 / 26 / 01 Overview of GERD 10 % of all Americans experience GERD Low mortality rate approximately 1 death per 100, 000 persons Largely effects QOL: more than angina, menopause, untreated HTN, mild CHF GERD is defined as: Clinical or histological disorder resulting from gastric materials refluxing into the esophagus This reflux causes a breakdown of the esophageal mucosa Pathophysiology of GERD Excessive reflux of gastric...
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Planned Parenthood Federation Pro Choice
2,195 wordsFor decades, a woman s right to choose has been one of the most debated issues in both Washington and inside the homes of millions of Americans. Some argue that the moment after a child is conceived, it is murder to terminate the pregnancy. These people tend to be deeply religious and are often members of the conservative coalition. In the middle lies the majority of Americans, who believe in abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother s life is in danger. On the other end of the ...
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Men And Women Venereal Diseases
2,599 wordsIntro to Human Sexuality Homosexuality is an erotic attraction, sexual behavior, emotional attachment, and a definition of the self. Over 7 1 / 2 million people in the United States are homosexual. These people are those who are interested in the same sex as lovers. They are often thought of gays for men and lesbians for the females. A persons sexual orientation is what sex one is attracted to, the types are: bisexuality (both sexes), homosexuality (same sex), and heterosexuality (opposite sex)....
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Begin To Develop Monozygotic Twins
1,083 wordsMultiple Births Multiple births are rare in humans with twins as being the most common form of this event. Multiple births can arise in many different combinations of ways but the probability of giving birth to more than one child remains fairly constant when compared to the entire human race. The chances of multiple births can also vary from race and genetic background. Scientist and researchers do not know what the exact cause of these variations is but many of them feel that it is caused by h...
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