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1,217 words... f this program was an increase in infanticide. Female babies were most at risk because of the desire for a male heir to carry on the ancestor line placed a great value on male children. In 1984, China's birth rate was down to the replacement level of 2. 1 births per woman. By 1986, China's growth rate had fallen to 1 % which is far below the 2. 4 % growth rate that many less developed countries were reporting. China's birth rate stood at 18 per 1000, its population was projected to be 1. 2 b...
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Rape Or Incest Pro Lifers
1,082 wordsMany people believe that abortion is a moral issue, but it is also a constitutional issue. It is a woman's right to choose what she does with her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. Abortion has joined the race and war as one of the most controversial issues in the world today. There are many points of view toward abortion, but two fine distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life." Because I feel the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mother and the state o...
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Greyhound Racing Right Or Wrong
861 wordsIs greyhound racing right or wrong? Greyhound racing benefits our economy, job market, wealth, and pleasure. There are adoption agencies, protection laws, the American Greyhound Council, and the National Greyhound Association, all protecting these animals. So is greyhound racing righteous? In recent years, animal rights activists have challenged society's right to use animals for human benefit. They believe that using animals to make money is not admirable. The discussion has evolved into a deba...
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Nature Vs Nurture Identical Twins
1,639 wordsHowever, the researchers neglected to include into their research the effects of extra familial factors (friends, peers, teachers, etc. ) on the cognitive skills of these children. If these factors were not overlooked, the research may have proven that the environment does indeed influence cognitive development. Without this research, as it stands now, it is concluded that the greatest influence on cognitive development is solely attributed to genetics. In light of this particular perspective, t...
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Low Self Esteem Love And Care
1,712 wordsAdoption should be supported more in the community due to the high amount of orphans. Orphans face many different problems. They face things that not even they know that other children their ages have not faced. Four out of many reasons why orphans should be taken to good households is because they have no one to really care and look out for them like a family. Another problem faced by orphans is that they dont have any specific morals set or a faith for them. The third reason why orphans should...
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Important Theme White Americans
418 wordsAs a sequel to The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolvers Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle. The main events of the story start at the Hoover Dam where an illegally adopted six-year-old Cherokee kid, Turtle, saved the life of a man who fell off from the dam. This incident brings Turtle and her mother Taylor not only great recognition, but also to the attention of Annawake Fourkiller, a young Cherokee lawyer in Heaven, Oklahoma. Fourkiller finds out that the adoption of Turtle was i...
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How Chinese Rudder Effected Christopher Columbus
1,541 wordsThe development of the rudder was one of the most important sea navigational inventions that have ever been invented. Before the twelfth century in northern Europe, ships were steered by a quarter-rudder mounted on the stern side of the vessel. Up until the fourteenth century the use of the quarter rudder persisted in the Mediterranean. Two quarter-mounted steering oars were used. By age of exploration, the pintle-and-gudgeon rudder, hung from the sternpost had replaced quarter-rudder. The rudde...
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Men Are Created Equal Gay And Lesbian
1,902 wordsThis paper will introduce the "neo nuclear" family, homosexual couples with children and attempt to present a brief overview of the unit. First the nature / nurture theories will be presented to explain the origins of sexuality; then discussing the formation of gay and lesbian families including the reasoning for legalization of marriage and the introduction of children to these lifestyles; including scaffolding and barriers to achieving stability within the family. This paper will then discredi...
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Grand Jury Private Citizens
1,695 wordsFor important study links to this article, please visit: web 1. Everyone, including President Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines, exactly knows that the lack of economic growth and absence of political stability in the Philippines are primarily caused by Graft and Corruption. The present form or political structure of the government has nothing to do with graft. The corrupt politicians who cannot steal enough the entire patrimony of the Filipino people that run the government are the problem. S...
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Separation Of Church And State Pro Lifers
732 wordsToday in America those supporting and opposing abortion engage in very heated debates. I am for abortion for many reasons that I strongly believe in. Without legal abortion many women in this country would be killing or mutilating themselves. We would also have unwanted children, which leads to huge problems for families and society. Also I believe that the outlawing of abortion violates the separation of church and state. The choice to have an abortion or not, should be left up to the woman bea...
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African American Children Color Of Their Skin
818 wordsMy family has grown by the way of interracial adoption. Interracial adoption is when you adopt a child from a different race other than your own. My husband and I realized there would be difficulties raising African American children. We were unprepared for the depths of these problems. My husband and I have four children. Elizabeth is our oldest daughter. She resembles her dad with his light skin and light brown hair. She is a caring and loving young lady. She does get a bit to bossy with her y...
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552 wordsCompanionship In The Classifieds: The Adoption of Personal Advertisements by Daily Newspapers. A study by Debra L. Merskin an assistant professor in the school of Journalism and Communication and Mara Huberlie a graduate student at the S. I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University, published in J& MC Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 1996, Pages 219 - 229. The article deals with the issue of finding a romantic partner, in the modern urbanized society, via personal advertisements in mass mediu...
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Gay And Lesbian Gays And Lesbians
1,188 wordsIs it right to tell a person or couple (who is a perfect candidate to be a parent) that they are not aloud to adopt because they have different sexual preferences than a majority of the world? Gay and lesbian couples should be aloud to adopt children; they are just as capable of being good parents as a heterosexual couple is. Thousands of children in this country are without permanent homes. These children suffer for months, to years, within state foster care systems that lack qualified foster p...
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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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456 wordsthough, he chose to continue on and he headed directly to Brundisium and the large number of troops. Octavius made his entrance into politics between April 44 and November 43 B. C. as a virtue of his adoption, as part of Roman custom. Octavius now assumed the name C. Julius Caesar Octavius. He then just called himself 'Caesar', which came to represent his first major political reinvention. Brundisium troops joined Octavius' cause and as he moved toward home his re- tinue grew in size. In mid-Apr...
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Studies Have Shown Abortion Is Wrong
1,390 wordsOne of the most important issues in the world is the controversy surrounding abortion. Do you think abortion is right? Many people have been asking themselves this same question for years now. Abortion has been a heated argument amongst citizens, political activists, and religions all across the world. Those who are against abortion (pro-life), argue that abortion is wrong because it kills human life. On the other hand we have people who favor abortion (pro-choice). They believe women are able t...
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Liberty And Freedom In America
1,108 wordsLiberty and freedom in America It is a common knowledge that the idea of freedom was a main motivational factor behind many events in American history. Yet, it would be wrong to suggest that the American people were able to enjoy social and individual freedom only because of democratic form of their government. The essence of American civil liberties can only be properly assessed through assumption that they are product of Western civilization as a whole. We must understand that the social freed...
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Asia Pacific Region Trade And Investment
2,034 wordsThe participation of Australia in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has long been discussed. It definitely has its gains and losses; this is why it is vitally important to decide what is really important for Australia regarding its future as a significant economic agent at the world market. APEC itself presents rather significant organization in the world. According to World Bank figures, the eighteen members of APEC, accounted for 56 per cent of world GDP and 47 per cent of world trade i...
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2,225 wordsKilling your baby, what could be more depraved. For a woman to destroy the fruit of her womb would seem like an ultimate violation of the natural order. But every year, hundreds of women commit neonaticide: they kill their newborns or let them die. Most neonaticide's remain undiscovered, but every once in a while a janitor follows a trail of blood to a tiny body in a trash bin, or a woman faints and doctors find the remains of a placenta inside her. In China, babies are often abandoned near orph...
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Population Growth Family Planning
1,561 wordshe Population Growth Rate in India For many years concern has been voiced over the seemingly unchecked rate of population growth in India, but the most recent indications are that some success is being achieved in slowing the rate of population growth. The progress which has been achieved to date is still only of a modest nature and should not serve as premature cause for complacency. Moreover, a slowing of the rate of population growth is not incompatible with a dangerous population increase in...
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