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THE ABORTION CONTROVERSY: WHY IS ABORTION WRONG?

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  Abortion here refers to the deliberate termination of a pregnancy (induced abortion) – a medical procedure to end a pregnancy and cause the death of the fetus (developing baby). It is a situation whereby the fetus is being intentionally and forcefully removed by several methods. This excludes the minute cases of unintentional abortions, eg. still births, miscarriages etc Abortion isn’t a recent act; it has started since the 12th century. Young women of that time agitated for freedom to terminate their babies when they could no longer carry them. The first time it started, abortion was legal as far as it is done before the baby "kicks"; that's between the 7 th and 8 th month of development. Herbal mixtures were mixed by some experienced midwives to either terminate the baby or induce abortion. Most of the women at that time died during the process, but recently, medical knowledge has increased and there are several successful abortion cases. Based on the recent stati...

CAN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BE JUSTIFIED?

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Before we can justify or refute the idea of civil disobedience, we must understand the concept. It is the refusal to comply with certain laws considered unjust as a peaceful form of political protest. Also, it’s the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy characterized by the employment of such non violent techniques as boycotting and non payment of taxes. So, civil disobedience is just like saying, because government gave a certain law and it’s not favorable or sounds “injustice” to some set of people, they will intentionally and non-violently disobey either that law or another law, just to make the government know their non-conformity with that particular law. For instance, during childhood days, when mummy disciplines children for a wrong done, which the children think doesn’t really require her whipping them, some children would go inside the house and hide somewhere. And when it’s time to eat, and mummy ...