Abortion: Morally Correct, Not Morally Good
The issue of abortion is a tough, important, and long-lived one because there are numerous factors to consider and many people with strong opinions with the proof to support them. There are religious claims, human rights that need to be protected, attempts to avoid psychological damages, and even funding issues that are equally important, with evidence to support either side. Our overall position on this issue is to keep abortion as a legal institution in America. But the graphic condition of abortion procedures mandates that partial birth abortions, except in the cases of rape, incest, danger the woman’s health, or fetal abnormality, are strictly prohibited. Seeing that “58% favor the [current] president’s signing a bill to ban partial-birth abortions if Congress passes such legislation” (Zogby News). In addition to keeping the partial-birth ban, we would like it to be mandatory for all women considering abortion to go to counseling so that they can avoid psychological damages and get all the information needed to make the best decision. There is also a need for more sexual education in schools, especially since there has been a significant decrease of it in the last years (Lukar), and it would be beneficial to make emergency contraception more easily available. Hopefully this will be a good balance between both Pro-life (PL ) and pro-choice (PC) sides of the issue considering that a Gallop poll taken in October of 2003 showed that 55%, the majority, wanted abortion to be legal with restrictions (PollingReport.com).
It is interesting to note that abortion was not even an issue until the mid 19th century. It was not even considered morally or legally wrong prior to then. ...
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From July 1st to July 3rd, 1863, the most famous and most important Civil War Battle took place in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Confederates under Robert E. Lee advanced on the Union in hopes of taking the major city of Philadelphia, Baltimore, or even Washington D.C. Union commander General George Meade was sent to make sure none of this would happen. General Robert E. Lee was determined to invade the North and win a victory important for southern morale, leads his army toward Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he hopes to destroy railroad bridges linking east with west. He is unaware that a large union force headed by General Meade is headed in the same direction.
In Virginia the first battle of the Civil War was fought, near Manassas, Virginia railroad junction, after which the battle is called (or First Bull Run, named after the flowing stream on the battlefield, if of the Union point of view). The armies in this first battle were not prodigious by later Civil War principles. The Federal services under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell were well thought-out into four divisions, of about 30,000 men. These divisions were commanded by Tyler, Hunter, Heintzelman, and Miles. The Confederate command structure was to some extent more unmanageable, including two "armies", with no division structure and thirteen independent brigades under Bonham, Ewell, Jones, Longstreet, Cocke, Early, Holmes, Kershaw, Evans, Jackson, Bartow, Bee, Smith, and a cavalry brigade under Stuart. The Confederate Army of the Potomac was under the command of Brigadier General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and the Army of the Shenandoah was controlled by Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston. These two forces would be equivalent to McDowell's strength. The first battle of Bull Run (or first battle of Manassas) was the first major engagement of the Civil War. Federal troops led by General McDowell advanced towards Manassas Junction, where Confederate troops were dug in, overcrowding the road to Richmond. Both Confederate and Union troops were not prepared for battle. Union troops advanced on Confederate troops, practically breaking through, but at the last split second, Confederate reinforcements arrived on the battlefield and carried the day. Union troops were routed. As Washington filled with Union soldiers, the anxiety grew to take action. Horace Greely, the mercurial editor of the New York Herald Tribune kept up a persistent stream of editorials echoed throughout the Union " Forward to Richmond- Forward to Richmond.?
The first major battle of the Civil War was fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia railway junction, after which the battle is called (or First Bull Run, named after the flowing stream on the battlefield, if of the Union persuasion). The armies in this first battle were not very large by later Civil War standards. The Federal forces under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell were organized into four divisions (five, if one includes Runyan's division), of about 30,000 men. These divisions were commanded by Tyler, Hunter, Heintzelman, (Runyan), and Miles. The Confederate command structure was somewhat more unwieldy, including two "armies", with no division structure and thirteen independent brigades under Bonham, Ewell, Jones, Longstreet, Cocke, Early, Holmes, Kershaw, Evans, Jackson, Bartow, Bee, Smith, and a cavalry brigade under Stuart. The Confederate Army of the Potomac was under the command of Brigadier General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and the Army of the Shenandoah was commanded by Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston. These two forces would equal McDowell's strength.
In conclusion, throughout the Battle of Antietam you will notice how significant it was to the Civil War and even to our country. It brought us a great deal of relieve from the rebellion of the southern states, it gave the African Americans the freedom they had always hoped for with the Emancipation Proclamation, and it had a huge impact with the Civil War because it was the first battle to ever be fought on northern soil, and it became known as the bloodiest battle ever fought in American history.
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You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink is a proverb I have heard since I was young. Leadership is the skill of influencing people to accomplish goals (Huber, 2014). In today’s world with policy and technological changes the leaders must use their leadership skills to not only get the horse to the water, have him drink, but also do it with a smile an invite others to join him. Leaders use a variety of styles to accomplish their goals. I will discuss the leadership style that I utilize most often, how my style relates to leadership theories and the work type environment it is most useful in.
The Battle of Antietam was significant because the Confederate Army had to retreat and it lead to Abraham Lincoln creating the Emancipation Proclamation, it was the bloodiest day of fighting and it motivated the Union that they could win the Civil War. According to the article, Battle of Antietam from the website Thoughtco, it states “The Battle of Antietam forced the Confederate Army to retreat back across the Potomac River. President Abraham Lincoln saw the significance of this and issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.” This shows that the Battle of Antietam was significant because the Union won the Battle and forced the Confederate Army to retreat back to where they had just came from. The Battle of Antietam also lead to Lincoln creating a document to try and outlaw slavery in the Confederate States. Unfortunately, since Lincoln had no control over what happened there the Proclamation could not be enforced, but it started to the decision about if slavery outlawed and showed the Confederate States that if they were going to join the Union again then slavery would not be allowed anymore. Also, according to the article, What is the Battle of Antietam from the website Study.com it says “The Battle of Antietam was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. Fought on September 17, 1862, Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with over 23,000 casualties (men listed as killed, wounded, captured or missing) in roughly 12 hours. The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory” This shows that the Battle of Antietam was very significant because many soldiers died on both sides about 23,000
Until the mid 1800s, abortion was unrestricted and unregulated in the United States. The justifications for criminalizing it varied from state to state. One big reason was population control, which addressed fears that the population would be dominated by the children of newly ...
Before the battle actually happened the confederate army decided that the Manassas gap line was important for the confederates to troops to move to Manassas and back to the valley if needed. General Lee who decided to follow the state he was born in, Lee became the general in charge of the confederate army. General cocke pointed out to Lee that the Manassas gap was very important. So the confederate army started fortifying at Manassas on may 15 as they needed to gain control of the Manassas gap line. General beauregard had spies to learn important things that the Union was doing so that the confederacy can be prepared. Beauregard had an ex-clerk who had volunteered to go back to the city and retrieve important information about the Union army and their movements. When the spy came back to General Beauregard, he came back with a message saying that that General McDowell of the Union army had been ordered to march towards Manassas that night. On july 17 the Union army marched to Fairfax Court House, but as the Union army got closer the confederate decided to retreat. The confederates retreated as they did not want
Abortion has been an issue since 1820. In the beginning the problem was more about protecting doctors who have licenses. “Regular doctors thus had an incentive to ban abortion as part of an effort to drive irregular doctors many of whom were women out of business” (Straggenborg, p.211). The AMA (American Medical Association), which was the group that the regular doctors made, started a campaign that made the people believe that the white population was getting smaller and the population of the immigrants was rising. Abortions were made illegal to insure the stability of the population of American citizens. It seems odd that the only reason that abortions were made illegal at one point was because of money issues and a lust for white supremecy. It seemed to have nothing to do with the rights of a child or a woman. One of the reasons why abortion came into question in the beginning of the 1950s was due to the fact that a lot of doctors and lawyers were seeing many cases of illegal abortions and it was becoming a large social problem. Since there was a lack of competition for legal abortions, doctors found no problem making them legal again -- “They felt that abortions were justified under certain circumstances, and they begun to see the laws against abortion as an infringement on their own medical discretion” (Straggenborg, p.212). And so the issue arose again with many pro- choice groups speaking up. Then with court cases like Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, abortion again became legal in the United States.
When the Trump Administration was asked about the topic of abortion, Donald Trump responded: “There has to be some form of punishment for the mother who aborted her child”. The Trump administration’s statement is not the only opinion on whether abortion is morally permissible in American society. Today, America encounters a division amongst those questioning if and when abortion is morally permissible. Unfortunately, the concept of abortion is not black and white, there are many social factors and definitions of what it means to be a person that is argued in the debate. For the purpose of this paper, abortion will be defined as the deliberate termination of a pregnancy. In this paper, I am going to argue that abortion is always morally permissible.
Abortion, the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life, can either be spontaneous or induced. It is called "the knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child." (Mass General Laws Chapter 112 Section 12K) When abortion occurs spontaneously, it is called a miscarriage. However, when the loss of a fetus is caused intentionally, it is regarded as a moral issue. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and is illegal in many countries. An estimate of 1.2 million are performed each year. In retrospect, an estimate 38,010,378 innocent children were aborted since 1973 when the process was legalized.
There are many complications that can be attributed to true love. These complications affect not only the lovers but also the nature around them. Some of these complications include jealousy and misjudgment. All of these obstacles support the fact that the course of true love never runs smooth. Although true love is treasured, there are definitely hindrances and impediments that come with it. In the case of the lovers in A Midsummer’s Night Dream, they all were granted the joys of true love, but also endured the complications that came as a price. Every one of them could testify that the course of true love never has and never will run smoothly.
There are a few different types of well known leadership styles, authoritarian, delegative, and democratic. To assess my leadership style I used two online tests to help me determine my style. I felt the results were accurate and I fall into a democratic style/participative style. If I am leading I prefer to include the group and get their feedback on solving issues. However, I still make the final decision after listening to the thoughts of the group on a particular topic. This is considered to be a positive style of leadership that is inspiring to the group involved. The leaders decision making tends to be more accurate due to the input of other experts. (Cite)
“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between” (Mother Theresa). It is and can be a resilient matter to reference. Due to the underlining factors of abortion, it is difficult to determine if it is morally right or wrong. The decision to accept or deny the ideology of abortion has been a determining factor for the nation’s choice of political parties, religions and even social cohorts. The court case of Roe vs. Wade led to a division of the nation on the issue of abortion (Keown).