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Abortion
<view this essay>.... conception. Among woman without an IUD, about 50% of fertilized ova develop into a babies which are born some nine months later. The remainder are aborted or result in a miscarriage.
There exists a consensus that an infant is the most precious form of life on earth, and needs to be protected under law. The philosophical and religious question behind the pro-choice/pro-life argument is: when does life become human life?. After that occurs, terminating life is a form of murder which many people believe can only be justified to prevent the death or extremely serious injury to the mother. Unfortunately, there is no consensus of when that event occurs.
Many p .....
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Cancer
<view this essay>.... of invading
surrounding structures, including blood vessels, the lymph system and nerves.
It can also spread to distant sites by the blood and lymphatic circulation and
so can produce invasive tumors in almost any part of the body.
In 1997, an estimated 1,359,150 people in the United States will be
diagnosed with cancer and 554,740 will die of the disease. Early screening for
cancer is believed to be able to drastically reduce the number of deaths due to
the disease. Knowing what to look for when detecting cancer, as well as knowing
if you are in a high risk population are two of the main factors of early
intervention. Early intervention of cancer has .....
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Hemophilia
<view this essay>.... out. These females are called carriers. The only way females can inherit the disease is if both the female x chromosomes carry the gene. Therefore this disease is more common in males. There are two types of , A and B. A is a hereditary disorder in which bleeding is due to deficiency of the factor VIII. In most of the cases, this protein is reduced, but in a rare amount of cases, this protein is present by immunoassay but defective. B, the other type of , is a result of the deficiency of the factor IX - also known as Christmas disease. This protein deficiency of causes the blood to not be able to form a firm clot, and there a person who gets bru .....
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Essay On Human Sexual History
<view this essay>.... of sex led to a perversion of it. If people could not live out their sexual desires and fantasies, they would act them out within their minds. I am not saying at all, that sexual desires and wants are bad. Like anything, there are degrees of morality, even when it comes to the thoughts in one’s own head. Nevertheless, when there are no limits on one’s sexual fantasies, sexuality, in my opinion, is liable to reach a perverse and oppressive state.
I hope I am correct in saying that around the time of the seventeenth century, the society/state began to liberate itself from the church. Even still, sexual liberty was small, and a “non-ethical” (meaning non .....
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Dreams
<view this essay>.... studied until the 19th century. Today they are still being studied to learn more about man’s nature.
Dreaming is a natural ability- we all dream every night. Every one when sleeping at least three to four times every night. The problem however is remembering the dream. But there is a way to remembering . It is believed that are remembered more accurately immediately after awakening during the night rather than in the morning. Remembering takes time, effort, and patience.
Researchers discovered that people who tend to forget their show a greater amount of rapid eye movement, which is associated with greater amounts of activity in the dream. However, .....
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Alcohol And Its Effects On Humans
<view this essay>.... Within each group, half were given alcohol and half were not given alcohol (Rose 1962). The results were graphed showing the psychological and pharmacological effects of alcohol on human aggression, the effects of experimental aggression manipulations on intoxicated and sober patients and the consumption rate of selected beverages in the U.S.
According to Buss (1961), there is direct physical aggression, physical-indirect aggression, verbal-direct and verbal indirect aggression. Graphs showed the results of the experiments. They show alcohol does cause aggression. Larger efforts might be obtained if a higher alcohol dose was given. Alcohol influences .....
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Abortion Should Be Made Illegal
<view this essay>.... and should be illegal.
"The bible makes it clear that to God the unborn child developing inside the
womb is far more than mere fetal tissue. He inspired King David to write:
"Your eyes saw even the embryo of me, and in your book all its parts were down
in writing." (Young 25-27) The bible (Exodus 21:22, 23) has clearly stated
that a person would be held accountable for hurting an unborn baby. (Young 25-
27) Take this for example; Say a woman is walking down the street carrying a
child in her arms. Another woman is walking down that same street carrying a
child, only this woman is carrying the child in her. Both children are
dependent on their mothers, b .....
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The Controversial Issue Of Doctor-Assisted Suicide
<view this essay>.... that if you are able to reason and think
rationally you should decide whether to live or dir. If not the people who know
you best should make the decision.
If you are ever in a situation where you now you wil soon die the choice
whether or not to kill youself should be your own. I believe that
doctorassisted suicide should not be controlled by the government, but should be
apersonal choice based on the individual. Many people could not imagine living
in a hospital bed for the remainder of their lives. They would rather die with
dignity than live out the rest of their lives depandant on others. The
government thinks that they know what is best f .....
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