The Road Not Taken
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Reflection 2
In the meeting with Professor Liang last week, we discuss about the revision of my exam essay and the writing situation of the research paper. After looking classmates’ response to my original exam essay, I found out the disadvantages of the way I write. Except for some grammar problems, I should provide examples to support and strengthen my points of view. Besides, using transition words is also necessary to make the essay more fluency.
According to these suggestions, I revised my essay. I added the source, mentioned about my own experiences of learning English, and condense the six paragraphs into four paragraphs. The Professor said that the main problem of my essay is not the understanding of the sentence, but the coherence of the whole structure. I think maybe I should try to connect each paragraph in a more logical way, instead of just express my own opinions one after another.
When it comes to the research paper, we talked about how to find the more convincible evidences to support my idea. We can take advantage of “Google Scholar” to search academic articles. In addition, using the right and concise keyword is helpful to make you find the resources you want faster. Using some famous journals and academic articles will make your standpoint more forceful, too. I need to try to consider the weak points in the paper and then strengthen them. Professor Liang also said that if I could find out the disadvantages of anti-abortion, and then aimed at those disadvantages to attack and then explain why abortion is women’s basic human right, my essay would be much persuasive. Developing the arguable points and process are very important in the research paper.
In conclusion, writing an essay is mainly emphasizing on our own thoughts. We have to express why and how we think about the issue, and then try to make other people agree with our argument point. Listen to classmates’ suggestions and then revise the article would help us to find out the blind point in our articles.
According to these suggestions, I revised my essay. I added the source, mentioned about my own experiences of learning English, and condense the six paragraphs into four paragraphs. The Professor said that the main problem of my essay is not the understanding of the sentence, but the coherence of the whole structure. I think maybe I should try to connect each paragraph in a more logical way, instead of just express my own opinions one after another.
When it comes to the research paper, we talked about how to find the more convincible evidences to support my idea. We can take advantage of “Google Scholar” to search academic articles. In addition, using the right and concise keyword is helpful to make you find the resources you want faster. Using some famous journals and academic articles will make your standpoint more forceful, too. I need to try to consider the weak points in the paper and then strengthen them. Professor Liang also said that if I could find out the disadvantages of anti-abortion, and then aimed at those disadvantages to attack and then explain why abortion is women’s basic human right, my essay would be much persuasive. Developing the arguable points and process are very important in the research paper.
In conclusion, writing an essay is mainly emphasizing on our own thoughts. We have to express why and how we think about the issue, and then try to make other people agree with our argument point. Listen to classmates’ suggestions and then revise the article would help us to find out the blind point in our articles.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Annotation 4
Karen Frantz. (2007) The Female Nature: A Woman's Destiny? Journal of Humanist, Jul/Aug 2007, Vol. 67 , p4-6. Retrieved December 11,2008, from Academic Premier database.
Howard & Michael. (March 21,2005) Abortion: we need compassion, not dogma. Journal of New StatesmanVol. 134 Issue 4732, p6-6. Retrieved December 11, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
Both two articles regard that women should have the right of abortion. It can be questioned that are those who opposed to abortion really caring about women’s circumstances? Have they ever stood in women’s position? The first article takes partial-birth abortion for example. The Congress of United States prohibits partial-birth because they think that the procedure is inhumane. There is a Justice wrote about why abortion should be banned. I think it is ridiculous for them to suppose that woman would--and should--regret for having an abortion. Abortion violates woman’s motherhood. Therefore, the government should prohibit abortion.
The second article mentions about the “pro-life” campaigners. Their aim is to stop abortion completely. Even when the limit time of abortion is cut from 24 to 20 weeks, their concern is not to save the babies who are terminated between 20 and 24 weeks, but to use a lower limit as a stepping stone to an outright ban. Most of them are motivated by religious or philosophical purpose.
From the two articles, we can see that woman’s thoughts are usually to be neglect. The government, humanist, and the clergy intend to limit woman’s right to have an abortion. Regardless of each woman’s unique situation, those who oppose to abortion ignore what woman need. Why can they force woman to accept their arbitrary decision? When it comes to a woman’s set of circumstances, we should respect the necessity of woman to make such choice in the first place.
Revised version
Both two articles regard that women should have the right of abortion. It can be questioned that are those who opposed to abortion really caring about women’s circumstances? Have they ever stood in women’s position? The first article takes partial-birth abortion for example. The Congress of United States prohibits partial-birth because they think that the procedure is inhumane. There is a Justice wrote about why abortion should be banned. They suppose that woman would--and should--regret for having an abortion. Abortion violates woman’s motherhood. Therefore, the government should prohibit abortion.
The second article mentions about the “pro-life” campaigners. Their aim is to stop abortion completely. Even when the limit time of abortion is cut from 24 to 20 weeks, their concern is not to save the babies who are terminated between 20 and 24 weeks, but to use a lower limit as a stepping stone to an outright ban. Most of them are motivated by religious or philosophical purpose.
From the two articles, we can see that woman’s thoughts are usually to be neglected. The government, humanist, and the clergy intend to limit woman’s right to have an abortion. Regardless of each woman’s unique situation, what women need is usually ignored. Why can they force woman to accept their arbitrary decision? When it comes to a woman’s set of circumstances, we should respect the necessity of woman to make such choice in the first place. There is no denying that woman is the person who involved. However, most of the legislative commissioners who decided the policy are males. Did they really know what woman confront? Or they just limit woman’s rights by the slogan of humanism?
Howard & Michael. (March 21,2005) Abortion: we need compassion, not dogma. Journal of New StatesmanVol. 134 Issue 4732, p6-6. Retrieved December 11, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
Both two articles regard that women should have the right of abortion. It can be questioned that are those who opposed to abortion really caring about women’s circumstances? Have they ever stood in women’s position? The first article takes partial-birth abortion for example. The Congress of United States prohibits partial-birth because they think that the procedure is inhumane. There is a Justice wrote about why abortion should be banned. I think it is ridiculous for them to suppose that woman would--and should--regret for having an abortion. Abortion violates woman’s motherhood. Therefore, the government should prohibit abortion.
The second article mentions about the “pro-life” campaigners. Their aim is to stop abortion completely. Even when the limit time of abortion is cut from 24 to 20 weeks, their concern is not to save the babies who are terminated between 20 and 24 weeks, but to use a lower limit as a stepping stone to an outright ban. Most of them are motivated by religious or philosophical purpose.
From the two articles, we can see that woman’s thoughts are usually to be neglect. The government, humanist, and the clergy intend to limit woman’s right to have an abortion. Regardless of each woman’s unique situation, those who oppose to abortion ignore what woman need. Why can they force woman to accept their arbitrary decision? When it comes to a woman’s set of circumstances, we should respect the necessity of woman to make such choice in the first place.
Revised version
Both two articles regard that women should have the right of abortion. It can be questioned that are those who opposed to abortion really caring about women’s circumstances? Have they ever stood in women’s position? The first article takes partial-birth abortion for example. The Congress of United States prohibits partial-birth because they think that the procedure is inhumane. There is a Justice wrote about why abortion should be banned. They suppose that woman would--and should--regret for having an abortion. Abortion violates woman’s motherhood. Therefore, the government should prohibit abortion.
The second article mentions about the “pro-life” campaigners. Their aim is to stop abortion completely. Even when the limit time of abortion is cut from 24 to 20 weeks, their concern is not to save the babies who are terminated between 20 and 24 weeks, but to use a lower limit as a stepping stone to an outright ban. Most of them are motivated by religious or philosophical purpose.
From the two articles, we can see that woman’s thoughts are usually to be neglected. The government, humanist, and the clergy intend to limit woman’s right to have an abortion. Regardless of each woman’s unique situation, what women need is usually ignored. Why can they force woman to accept their arbitrary decision? When it comes to a woman’s set of circumstances, we should respect the necessity of woman to make such choice in the first place. There is no denying that woman is the person who involved. However, most of the legislative commissioners who decided the policy are males. Did they really know what woman confront? Or they just limit woman’s rights by the slogan of humanism?
Respect for Women's Right
Karen Frantz. (2007) The Female Nature: A Woman's Destiny? Journal of Humanist, Jul/Aug 2007, Vol. 67 , p4-6. Retrieved December 11,2008, from Academic Premier database.
The Female Nature: A Woman's Destiny?
The author discusses the U.S. ban on partial-birth abortions. The 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on the grounds that partial-birth abortions are not medically necessary. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ban when ruling in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart. The author suggests the ban limits a woman's choices regarding abortions and that comments by Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy reflect a paternalistic attitude toward abortion rights.
Howard & Michael. (March 21,2005) Abortion: we need compassion, not dogma. Journal of New StatesmanVol. 134 Issue 4732, p6-6. Retrieved December 11, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.
Abortion: we need compassion, not dogma
Discusses Great Britain's policies toward abortion as of March 21, 2005. Comments of politician Michael Howard on a proposed change to abortion policies; Criticism for the efforts of pro-life activists in Great Britain; Potential impact of a proposed limit on the time during which women can seek an abortion; View that abortion is a woman's right that must be upheld; View that pro-life activists act out of religious or philosophical motivation, instead of concern for women and children.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Exam Essay Revision
In an article “From tripod to Cosmos: Anew metaphor for the language arts” written by Baines, it states that nowadays the focus of writing instruction transfers from finished products into various skills. Contemporary teachers provide different teaching plans to make students write in a variety of modes such as description, narration, and evaluation for different aims and audience. By classroom activities which teachers provide, students have to share and publish their thoughts, and acquaint with the literary forms. In addition, the teaching of composition has been altered by the computer. Writing for nonprint media has become the most profitable way to edit and publish the works, and students can take advantage of network resources to enrich their articles.
The trend of teaching composition indicates that we should try to think and organize our articles in a deeper and subtler way. The focus of writing becomes various because we need to leap out our original limited thoughts if we want to make our writing skills improved. Therefore, teacher plays an important role to guide students to understand how to develop and constitute their thoughts. When I was a fresh man, the teacher asked us to do “brain storming” before we write. Besides, to look into more specific points of view, we have to collect many related materials and then to analyze them. “Working shop” is also significant for us, we can know the defects of our articles and than modify them by listening to classmates’ opinions. Using computers and multiple media such as film and television give us the environment to acquire the materials which related to your topic and include diverse perspectives. You can research the arguments of why some people support a specific standpoint, while some people choose to the opposite side. By comparing the two aspects, you can strengthen your ability of thinking, and understand how to express your own thoughts appropriate.
Moreover, by using computer and projector in the class, students' works and media materials can be showed to the whole class. It is really convenient for both teacher and students to share their viewpoints with each other. For instance, because the teacher has guided us to use computer and Internet resources since I entered the university, I am familiar with posting my articles and videos on the blog. I had prepared powerpoint and videos in the class to express what I want to write about. Through the process of publishing and sharing, I would acquire better ideas to write my articles.
Learning how to write articles of various types is important. Thinking out of the box and sharing your opinions is what we should do. We should think why we write and whom we write for, instead of absolutely relying on the teacher to teach us how to write. The teacher is just a person who leads us and guides us to found our own ideas. There are abundant resources especially network resources which can help us to learn how to write. Because of the focus of writing changes and the modern technologies, the way of learning how to write becomes more interesting and convenient. It is a good transition for us.
The trend of teaching composition indicates that we should try to think and organize our articles in a deeper and subtler way. The focus of writing becomes various because we need to leap out our original limited thoughts if we want to make our writing skills improved. Therefore, teacher plays an important role to guide students to understand how to develop and constitute their thoughts. When I was a fresh man, the teacher asked us to do “brain storming” before we write. Besides, to look into more specific points of view, we have to collect many related materials and then to analyze them. “Working shop” is also significant for us, we can know the defects of our articles and than modify them by listening to classmates’ opinions. Using computers and multiple media such as film and television give us the environment to acquire the materials which related to your topic and include diverse perspectives. You can research the arguments of why some people support a specific standpoint, while some people choose to the opposite side. By comparing the two aspects, you can strengthen your ability of thinking, and understand how to express your own thoughts appropriate.
Moreover, by using computer and projector in the class, students' works and media materials can be showed to the whole class. It is really convenient for both teacher and students to share their viewpoints with each other. For instance, because the teacher has guided us to use computer and Internet resources since I entered the university, I am familiar with posting my articles and videos on the blog. I had prepared powerpoint and videos in the class to express what I want to write about. Through the process of publishing and sharing, I would acquire better ideas to write my articles.
Learning how to write articles of various types is important. Thinking out of the box and sharing your opinions is what we should do. We should think why we write and whom we write for, instead of absolutely relying on the teacher to teach us how to write. The teacher is just a person who leads us and guides us to found our own ideas. There are abundant resources especially network resources which can help us to learn how to write. Because of the focus of writing changes and the modern technologies, the way of learning how to write becomes more interesting and convenient. It is a good transition for us.
Exam Essay
Nowadays, the focus of writing instruction changes from finished products to a variety skill. It means that the purpose of writhing has extended. Students have to try to make their articles become organized by planning, composing, revising, and so forth. Variety teaching plans are provided by contemporary teacher. Students can learn from the class activities of the related mode, aim, audience, and media, so that they can look into more specific points of view of the issue what they want to write about.
On the other hand, the teaching of composition has been altered by the computer in twenty-first century. Computer becomes a very important tool for teachers and students. By using computers, the internet resource can be easy to get and show to the students in class. Network resources become an important part for students while they write their compositions.
We can see the trend of teaching composition in this article. Not only writing to finish the products, but we should try to think and organize our compositions in a deeper and subtler way. The focus of writing becomes variety because we need to leap out our original limited thoughts if we want to make our writing skill become better in the twenty-first century. The society is much complicated and several problems exist many ways for us to discuss about. To get deep into the problems of the composition talk about, many materials and stimulations around the world have to be provided.
Computer and the abundant resources on the internet give us the environment to acquire the materials. It includes many resources which you might never see them before. You can research the arguments of why these people support a specific topic, while those people stand by the opposite side. By compare the two aspects, it can make you think more, and make you clear what your thoughts toward you topic really are.
Besides, using computer and projector in the class is also convenient for teacher and students to share what materials they find, and students' works can be showed to the whole class. The whole class can provide their opinions to the student, so that the student can improve his/her compositions instead of limiting his/her thoughts in a particular way.
Learning writing has multiple ways for us nowadays. In addition to just one teacher's teaching, we can find that the modern technologies provide us a useful tool to learn writing. Therefore, we can compare to the different standpoints and discuss with each other more easily. It is a good transition for us.
On the other hand, the teaching of composition has been altered by the computer in twenty-first century. Computer becomes a very important tool for teachers and students. By using computers, the internet resource can be easy to get and show to the students in class. Network resources become an important part for students while they write their compositions.
We can see the trend of teaching composition in this article. Not only writing to finish the products, but we should try to think and organize our compositions in a deeper and subtler way. The focus of writing becomes variety because we need to leap out our original limited thoughts if we want to make our writing skill become better in the twenty-first century. The society is much complicated and several problems exist many ways for us to discuss about. To get deep into the problems of the composition talk about, many materials and stimulations around the world have to be provided.
Computer and the abundant resources on the internet give us the environment to acquire the materials. It includes many resources which you might never see them before. You can research the arguments of why these people support a specific topic, while those people stand by the opposite side. By compare the two aspects, it can make you think more, and make you clear what your thoughts toward you topic really are.
Besides, using computer and projector in the class is also convenient for teacher and students to share what materials they find, and students' works can be showed to the whole class. The whole class can provide their opinions to the student, so that the student can improve his/her compositions instead of limiting his/her thoughts in a particular way.
Learning writing has multiple ways for us nowadays. In addition to just one teacher's teaching, we can find that the modern technologies provide us a useful tool to learn writing. Therefore, we can compare to the different standpoints and discuss with each other more easily. It is a good transition for us.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Annotation 3
Boland, Reed & Katzive, Laura (Sep 2008) Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion : 1998-2007. Journal of International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 34, 110-120. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from Academic Premier database.
According to this article, we can know the main trend of the legislation about abortion in different countries during 1998 to 2007. It is obvious that liberalization of abortion laws is the main trend during the last 10 years in the world. Even the countries have prohibited abortion by its laws, they permit abortion when pregnancy would hurt the mother's health. Only a few countries prohibit abortion without exceptions.
The sources support my points. There is no denying that to ban abortion under all the conditions is impossible. If the government liberalizes the laws and makes the aborted procedures more accessible, It can reduce women's mortality or morbidity. It also increases woman's human rights, because woman can be the master of her own bodies. They would not be forced to accept the children even when the children come from rape, incest, and so forth.
Revised version
According to this article, we can know the main trend of the legislation about abortion in different countries during 1998 to 2007. It is obvious that liberalization of abortion laws is the main trend during the last 10 years in the world. Since 1998, 16 countries have increased the number of grounds on which abortions may be legally performed. Even the countries have prohibited abortion by its laws, they allow a part of abortion when pregnancy would hurt the mother's health. Only a few countries prohibit abortion without exceptions.
The research paper supports my point of views. Banning abortion under all the conditions is impossible. If the government liberalizes the laws and makes the aborted procedures more accessible, it can reduce women's maternal mortality or morbidity. It also increases woman's human rights, because woman can be the master of her own bodies. They would not be forced to accept the child even when the child come from rape, incest, and so forth.
Women are in the first place of this issue of abortion. Restrict abortion not only harm women’s human rights, but also make the secret and dangerous abortion increase. By the normal access to abortion can help women stay in a safer condition. They do not have to worry about the danger of accepting a secret procedure. If a woman considers aborting her child, the government should provide her enough information and the result of abortion instead of limiting women’s rights. As the woman understand what abortion is, how the procedure be performed, and think about why she choose to abort her baby, she would make the most appropriate decision.
According to this article, we can know the main trend of the legislation about abortion in different countries during 1998 to 2007. It is obvious that liberalization of abortion laws is the main trend during the last 10 years in the world. Even the countries have prohibited abortion by its laws, they permit abortion when pregnancy would hurt the mother's health. Only a few countries prohibit abortion without exceptions.
The sources support my points. There is no denying that to ban abortion under all the conditions is impossible. If the government liberalizes the laws and makes the aborted procedures more accessible, It can reduce women's mortality or morbidity. It also increases woman's human rights, because woman can be the master of her own bodies. They would not be forced to accept the children even when the children come from rape, incest, and so forth.
Revised version
According to this article, we can know the main trend of the legislation about abortion in different countries during 1998 to 2007. It is obvious that liberalization of abortion laws is the main trend during the last 10 years in the world. Since 1998, 16 countries have increased the number of grounds on which abortions may be legally performed. Even the countries have prohibited abortion by its laws, they allow a part of abortion when pregnancy would hurt the mother's health. Only a few countries prohibit abortion without exceptions.
The research paper supports my point of views. Banning abortion under all the conditions is impossible. If the government liberalizes the laws and makes the aborted procedures more accessible, it can reduce women's maternal mortality or morbidity. It also increases woman's human rights, because woman can be the master of her own bodies. They would not be forced to accept the child even when the child come from rape, incest, and so forth.
Women are in the first place of this issue of abortion. Restrict abortion not only harm women’s human rights, but also make the secret and dangerous abortion increase. By the normal access to abortion can help women stay in a safer condition. They do not have to worry about the danger of accepting a secret procedure. If a woman considers aborting her child, the government should provide her enough information and the result of abortion instead of limiting women’s rights. As the woman understand what abortion is, how the procedure be performed, and think about why she choose to abort her baby, she would make the most appropriate decision.
Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion:1998-2007
Boland, Reed & Katzive, Laura (Sep 2008) Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion : 1998-2007. Journal of International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 34, 110-120. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from Academic Premier database.
CONTEXT:
Women's lack of access to legal abortion is a major contributing factor to high rates of worldwide maternal mortality and morbidity. This article describes changes in the legal status of abortion in countries around the world since 1998. METHODS: The complete texts of new abortion legislation, most often obtained directly from government Web sites, were reviewed to determine changes. Background information was, where possible, also based on a review of complete legal texts. Other sources include the International Digest of Health Legislation (published by the World Health Organization) and Abortion Policies: A Global Review (published in 2002 by the Population Division of the United Nations). RESULTS: Since 1998, 16 countries have increased the number of grounds on which abortions may be legally performed; in two other countries, state jurisdictions expanded grounds for abortion. Two countries have removed grounds for legal abortion. Other countries maintained existing indications for abortion but adopted changes affecting access to the procedure.
CONCLUSIONS:
The worldwide trend toward liberalization of abortion laws observed in 1998 has continued. Recognition of the impact of abortion restrictions on women's human rights has played an increasing role in efforts to provide access to abortion.
[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
CONTEXT:
Women's lack of access to legal abortion is a major contributing factor to high rates of worldwide maternal mortality and morbidity. This article describes changes in the legal status of abortion in countries around the world since 1998. METHODS: The complete texts of new abortion legislation, most often obtained directly from government Web sites, were reviewed to determine changes. Background information was, where possible, also based on a review of complete legal texts. Other sources include the International Digest of Health Legislation (published by the World Health Organization) and Abortion Policies: A Global Review (published in 2002 by the Population Division of the United Nations). RESULTS: Since 1998, 16 countries have increased the number of grounds on which abortions may be legally performed; in two other countries, state jurisdictions expanded grounds for abortion. Two countries have removed grounds for legal abortion. Other countries maintained existing indications for abortion but adopted changes affecting access to the procedure.
CONCLUSIONS:
The worldwide trend toward liberalization of abortion laws observed in 1998 has continued. Recognition of the impact of abortion restrictions on women's human rights has played an increasing role in efforts to provide access to abortion.
[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Reflection <1>
“Abortion” is the controversial topic which I chose for my issue paper. So far, we have written the introduction and collected some materials for the issue paper. Several problems revealed in the process when I tried to express my standpoints in the article. After the meeting with professor, I put the problems together, and I also thought of how to make a better arrangement with my points of view.
First of all, I want to add the motivations of writing such issue. That is what motivates me to research the disputable issue, and if there were things which could be connected with the topic in my life. There are many aspects that I have thought of to put in the paper. For example, what are the reasons for women choosing to abort her baby? Does the government have the right to forbid abortion? Whose human rights should we consider about, the mother’s or the baby’s? I must find a specific main argument and convey my own perspectives much clearer. It is the most important part for me to do in the article. Besides, I want to make a comparison with anti-abortion, the opposite idea to my point. I would list the advantages and disadvantages of them, and try to convince people to stand by my side.
As to the supporting materials, I have found several news reports and videos from youtube. These materials include two opposite views toward abortion. It is hard to find the academic articles which correspond to my points. To solve the problem, using the specific and clear keywords when I search the database is significant. I have to get the sources with the better quality to support my standpoints. With these supporting materials, my article would become more convincible.
So far, building a concrete direction about my issue is the toughest mission for me. Because there are so many aspects can be talked about, I am not quite sure which one I should choose. I want to stand by women’s side, and controvert to those who thinks that abortion is equal to murder. To make the article more convincible, I still have to find out the supporting materials, the main writing direction toward my topic, and my own conclusion to the issue.
First of all, I want to add the motivations of writing such issue. That is what motivates me to research the disputable issue, and if there were things which could be connected with the topic in my life. There are many aspects that I have thought of to put in the paper. For example, what are the reasons for women choosing to abort her baby? Does the government have the right to forbid abortion? Whose human rights should we consider about, the mother’s or the baby’s? I must find a specific main argument and convey my own perspectives much clearer. It is the most important part for me to do in the article. Besides, I want to make a comparison with anti-abortion, the opposite idea to my point. I would list the advantages and disadvantages of them, and try to convince people to stand by my side.
As to the supporting materials, I have found several news reports and videos from youtube. These materials include two opposite views toward abortion. It is hard to find the academic articles which correspond to my points. To solve the problem, using the specific and clear keywords when I search the database is significant. I have to get the sources with the better quality to support my standpoints. With these supporting materials, my article would become more convincible.
So far, building a concrete direction about my issue is the toughest mission for me. Because there are so many aspects can be talked about, I am not quite sure which one I should choose. I want to stand by women’s side, and controvert to those who thinks that abortion is equal to murder. To make the article more convincible, I still have to find out the supporting materials, the main writing direction toward my topic, and my own conclusion to the issue.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Annotation 2
Reasons for abortion. (February 8, 2005) News report of BBC website. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/legal/when_1.shtml
Shall woman have the abortion rights? There are two opposite views and attitudes on the question. No matter which side you stand by, it triggers a great debate on the issue. Instead of abort the pro-life at will, I approve that woman can choose to abort her embryo after her consideration.
However, could we define abortion as murder? Look upon the other two articles. One shows the reasons of abortion, and the other reported about the march about women who strives for their abortion rights. Both articles told people that women are struggle to get the right of choosing whether they should abort or not through their careful thoughts.
I believe that there must be several factors for a mother to abort her baby. If the government restricts women’s abortion rights, what can these mothers do when they could not afford to keep a child? Do these mothers have to abort covertly in illegal clinics? It may damage women’s health and become a greater problem to the society.
Revised version
Shall woman have the abortion rights? There are two opposite viewpoints and attitudes on the question. No matter which side you stand by, it triggers a great debate on the issue. Instead of aborting the pro-life at will, I approve that woman can choose to abort her embryo after her consideration. However, could we define abortion as murder? Look upon the two articles. The first article describes about the reasons of abortion. Women who choose to abort her baby because of many factors such as poverty, government policy, birth control, and so forth. The other news report introduces the march about women who strives for their abortion rights. Both articles represent that women are struggle to get their right of choosing whether they should abort or not through themselves.
I believe that there must be many difficulties for a mother to make the decision of aborting her baby. If the government restricts women’s abortion rights, what can these mothers do when they could not afford to keep a child? Do these mothers have to abort covertly in illegal clinics? It may damage women’s health and become a greater problem to the society. Misunderstanding often happens when people forget to think for others. Women are the protagonist of the problem. If people could stand by women’s side and try to respect every woman’s unique situation, maybe the problem would not trigger such a great dispute.
Shall woman have the abortion rights? There are two opposite views and attitudes on the question. No matter which side you stand by, it triggers a great debate on the issue. Instead of abort the pro-life at will, I approve that woman can choose to abort her embryo after her consideration.
However, could we define abortion as murder? Look upon the other two articles. One shows the reasons of abortion, and the other reported about the march about women who strives for their abortion rights. Both articles told people that women are struggle to get the right of choosing whether they should abort or not through their careful thoughts.
I believe that there must be several factors for a mother to abort her baby. If the government restricts women’s abortion rights, what can these mothers do when they could not afford to keep a child? Do these mothers have to abort covertly in illegal clinics? It may damage women’s health and become a greater problem to the society.
Revised version
Shall woman have the abortion rights? There are two opposite viewpoints and attitudes on the question. No matter which side you stand by, it triggers a great debate on the issue. Instead of aborting the pro-life at will, I approve that woman can choose to abort her embryo after her consideration. However, could we define abortion as murder? Look upon the two articles. The first article describes about the reasons of abortion. Women who choose to abort her baby because of many factors such as poverty, government policy, birth control, and so forth. The other news report introduces the march about women who strives for their abortion rights. Both articles represent that women are struggle to get their right of choosing whether they should abort or not through themselves.
I believe that there must be many difficulties for a mother to make the decision of aborting her baby. If the government restricts women’s abortion rights, what can these mothers do when they could not afford to keep a child? Do these mothers have to abort covertly in illegal clinics? It may damage women’s health and become a greater problem to the society. Misunderstanding often happens when people forget to think for others. Women are the protagonist of the problem. If people could stand by women’s side and try to respect every woman’s unique situation, maybe the problem would not trigger such a great dispute.
Reasons for abortion
Reasons for abortion. (February 8, 2005) News report of BBC website. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/legal/when_1.shtml
Some societies ban abortion almost completely while others permit it in certain cases. Such societies usually lay down a maximum age after which the foetus must not be aborted, regardless of the circumstances. At various times some of the following have been allowed in some societies:
abortion for the sake of the mother's health
including her mental health
abortion where a pregnancy is the result of a crime
such as crimes like rape, incest, or child abuse
abortion where the child of the pregnancy would have an ' unacceptable quality of life' such as cases where the child would have serious physical handicaps, serious genetic problems, serious mental defects.
abortion for social reasons, including:
poverty,
mother unable to cope with a child (or another child),
mother being too young to cope with a child
abortion as a matter of government policy
as a way of regulating population size
as a way of regulating groups within a population
as a way of improving the population
Most opponents of abortion agree that abortion for the sake of the mother's health can be morally acceptable if there is a real risk of serious damage to the mother. Abortion for social reasons is usually least acceptable to opponents.
Birth control and disability
A substitute for contraception
Some methods of contraception in fact amount to abortion during the very earliest stage of a pregnancy. The section below only deals with abortion after the first week of pregnancy.
Some societies have used abortion as a substitute for adequate provision of contraception, or quite deliberately to regulate population size.
In 1965, a United Nations Conference on World Population in Belgrade said that abortion was the chief method of birth control in the world at that time.
Most western supporters of abortion rights do not support abortions carried out for such reasons - or at least not as explicit public policy. However some doctors do argue that abortion should be part of a country's contraception policy. They say that a society that believes that people should plan their families must allow women to end unwanted pregnancies, in order to deal with failures of birth control.
Abortion and disability
Some ethicists dislike the argument that abortion should be allowed where the baby, if born, would suffer from physical or mental handicaps. They say that allowing this as a reason for abortion is offensive to disabled people; because it implies that they, and their lives, are less worthwhile than the lives of 'normal' people. And some people with disabilities that could be put forward as grounds for abortion argue that they would much rather be alive than have been killed in the womb.
Abortion and eugenics
Abortion has been used in the past to stop the growth of population groups, or racial groups regarded as genetically 'inferior'. This is now regarded as a most serious breach of human rights and a criminal act.
Abortion has been used in the past to stop people with various genetic defects from having children. When this is done as a matter of public policy it is now regarded as a most serious breach of human rights and a criminal act.
Abortion and gender selection
In some countries, particularly India there is a major problem with 'female foeticide' - deliberately aborting foetuses that would be born as girls.
For sociological and economic reasons parents in some cultures prefer to have boy babies. When parents can discover the gender of the foetus in advance, they sometimes request the termination of a pregnancy solely because the foetus is female.
While selective abortion for gender preference is illegal in India, the low proportion of female births relative to male births, together with other evidence, makes it certain that female foeticide is practised on a large scale.
Some societies ban abortion almost completely while others permit it in certain cases. Such societies usually lay down a maximum age after which the foetus must not be aborted, regardless of the circumstances. At various times some of the following have been allowed in some societies:
abortion for the sake of the mother's health
including her mental health
abortion where a pregnancy is the result of a crime
such as crimes like rape, incest, or child abuse
abortion where the child of the pregnancy would have an ' unacceptable quality of life' such as cases where the child would have serious physical handicaps, serious genetic problems, serious mental defects.
abortion for social reasons, including:
poverty,
mother unable to cope with a child (or another child),
mother being too young to cope with a child
abortion as a matter of government policy
as a way of regulating population size
as a way of regulating groups within a population
as a way of improving the population
Most opponents of abortion agree that abortion for the sake of the mother's health can be morally acceptable if there is a real risk of serious damage to the mother. Abortion for social reasons is usually least acceptable to opponents.
Birth control and disability
A substitute for contraception
Some methods of contraception in fact amount to abortion during the very earliest stage of a pregnancy. The section below only deals with abortion after the first week of pregnancy.
Some societies have used abortion as a substitute for adequate provision of contraception, or quite deliberately to regulate population size.
In 1965, a United Nations Conference on World Population in Belgrade said that abortion was the chief method of birth control in the world at that time.
Most western supporters of abortion rights do not support abortions carried out for such reasons - or at least not as explicit public policy. However some doctors do argue that abortion should be part of a country's contraception policy. They say that a society that believes that people should plan their families must allow women to end unwanted pregnancies, in order to deal with failures of birth control.
Abortion and disability
Some ethicists dislike the argument that abortion should be allowed where the baby, if born, would suffer from physical or mental handicaps. They say that allowing this as a reason for abortion is offensive to disabled people; because it implies that they, and their lives, are less worthwhile than the lives of 'normal' people. And some people with disabilities that could be put forward as grounds for abortion argue that they would much rather be alive than have been killed in the womb.
Abortion and eugenics
Abortion has been used in the past to stop the growth of population groups, or racial groups regarded as genetically 'inferior'. This is now regarded as a most serious breach of human rights and a criminal act.
Abortion has been used in the past to stop people with various genetic defects from having children. When this is done as a matter of public policy it is now regarded as a most serious breach of human rights and a criminal act.
Abortion and gender selection
In some countries, particularly India there is a major problem with 'female foeticide' - deliberately aborting foetuses that would be born as girls.
For sociological and economic reasons parents in some cultures prefer to have boy babies. When parents can discover the gender of the foetus in advance, they sometimes request the termination of a pregnancy solely because the foetus is female.
While selective abortion for gender preference is illegal in India, the low proportion of female births relative to male births, together with other evidence, makes it certain that female foeticide is practised on a large scale.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Annotation 1
JPickD provided. Barack Obama – Abortion (2008, January 4). Retrieved October 15, 2008, from Youtube Web site: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=TCifpbfQlOM
Abortion rights are also one of the tough problems for government.
According to the videos I found, Obama, the candidate for president in America, thinks that abortion is about women’s right, and the law of limiting abortion would influence, even harm women’s rights. The other video emphasize that embryo is also a human being. No one has the right to kill the little unborn baby.
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Abortion rights are one of the tough problems for government. According to the videos I found, Obama, the candidate for president in America, thinks that abortion is about women’s right. No woman would make such decision casually. Woman's sole right should be respect. The law of limiting abortion would influence, even harm women’s rights.
In contrast to Obama's perspective. The other video emphasize that embryo is also a human being. No one has the right to kill the little unborn baby. The video stand by the baby's side.
In a word, it is a dilemma for the goverment and women. No matter what the choice is, there is no policy could fit all the conditions.
Abortion rights are also one of the tough problems for government.
According to the videos I found, Obama, the candidate for president in America, thinks that abortion is about women’s right, and the law of limiting abortion would influence, even harm women’s rights. The other video emphasize that embryo is also a human being. No one has the right to kill the little unborn baby.
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Abortion rights are one of the tough problems for government. According to the videos I found, Obama, the candidate for president in America, thinks that abortion is about women’s right. No woman would make such decision casually. Woman's sole right should be respect. The law of limiting abortion would influence, even harm women’s rights.
In contrast to Obama's perspective. The other video emphasize that embryo is also a human being. No one has the right to kill the little unborn baby. The video stand by the baby's side.
In a word, it is a dilemma for the goverment and women. No matter what the choice is, there is no policy could fit all the conditions.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Revised Position Paper
Abortion：A serious challenge of Morality
Nowadays abortion seems to be more and more common. However, is abortion just an issue about woman’s right? Absolutely not! Abortion is not only an issue about woman’s right, but also a serious challenge of morality. September is so-called “a month of abortion” in Taiwan. Many teenage girls become pregnant accidentally during the summer vacation, so whether they should abort or not become a tough choice for these girls. Basicly, I do not support woman to abort their little baby at will, only if they do have a careful consideration. They still have the right to decide whether to keep the child or not.
In a news report of Yahoo news online, it mentioned that an Australian state, Victoria, was about to pass an abortion bill which give woman the sole choice of whether to terminate or proceed with the pregnancy. Currently, woman there can abort only when doctor thinks pregnancy would harm the health of the mother. Another report of BBC radio said that one in four UK women have had a termination and the number is on the rise. The report also investigated people’s views about young girls’ pregnancy. Both reports have triggered great controversies.
Those anti-abortion group protest against the bill, because they think abortion is equal to murder. But on the other side, does woman have no rights to abort if she does not want to have a child? Does woman who get pregnant unexpectedly have to abort covertly?
Abortion does not mean to murder a little life at will, but a result of mature thinking. An embryo is also a precious life certainly; however, if the mother could not afford to keep a child and make her child grow up in a good environment, abortion might be the best option for her.
Instead of feeling regret to have a baby, it is much better to have a correct idea about sex, especially for those juveniles. Parents should tell them the serious consequence after having sex, and teach them to use condoms to prevent from pregnancy.
Nowadays abortion seems to be more and more common. However, is abortion just an issue about woman’s right? Absolutely not! Abortion is not only an issue about woman’s right, but also a serious challenge of morality. September is so-called “a month of abortion” in Taiwan. Many teenage girls become pregnant accidentally during the summer vacation, so whether they should abort or not become a tough choice for these girls. Basicly, I do not support woman to abort their little baby at will, only if they do have a careful consideration. They still have the right to decide whether to keep the child or not.
In a news report of Yahoo news online, it mentioned that an Australian state, Victoria, was about to pass an abortion bill which give woman the sole choice of whether to terminate or proceed with the pregnancy. Currently, woman there can abort only when doctor thinks pregnancy would harm the health of the mother. Another report of BBC radio said that one in four UK women have had a termination and the number is on the rise. The report also investigated people’s views about young girls’ pregnancy. Both reports have triggered great controversies.
Those anti-abortion group protest against the bill, because they think abortion is equal to murder. But on the other side, does woman have no rights to abort if she does not want to have a child? Does woman who get pregnant unexpectedly have to abort covertly?
Abortion does not mean to murder a little life at will, but a result of mature thinking. An embryo is also a precious life certainly; however, if the mother could not afford to keep a child and make her child grow up in a good environment, abortion might be the best option for her.
Instead of feeling regret to have a baby, it is much better to have a correct idea about sex, especially for those juveniles. Parents should tell them the serious consequence after having sex, and teach them to use condoms to prevent from pregnancy.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Abortion: Just an Issue about Woman's Right?
September is so-called “a month of abortion” in Taiwan. Many teenage girls become pregnant accidentally during the summer vacation, so whether they should abort or not become a tough choice for these girls. Nowadays abortion seems to be more and more common. However, is abortion just an issue about woman's right?
In a news report of Yahoo news online, it mentioned that an Australian state, Victoria, was about to pass an abortion bill which give woman the sole choice of whether to terminate or proceed with the pregnancy. Currently, woman there can abort only when doctor thinks pregnancy would harm the health of the mother. Another report of BBC radio said that one in four UK women have had a termination and the number is on the rise. The report also investigated people’s views about young girls’ pregnancy. Both reports have triggered great controversies.
Abortion is not an issue about woman’s right, but a serious challenge of morality. Those anti-abortion group protest against the bill, because they think abortion is equal to murder. But on the other side, does woman have no rights to abort if she does not want to have a child? Does woman who get pregnant unexpectedly have to abort covertly?
In my opinion, I approve that woman have the right to abort her embryo through consideration. It does not mean to murder a little life at will, but a result of a mature thinking. An embryo is also a precious life certainly; however, if the mother could not afford to keep a child and make her child grow up in a good environment, abortion might be the best option for her.
Instead of feeling regret to have a baby, it is much better to have a correct idea about sex, especially for those juveniles. Parents should tell them the serious consequence after having sex, and teach them to use condoms to prevent from pregnancy.
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Sources:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080912/health/australia_abortion_health
In a news report of Yahoo news online, it mentioned that an Australian state, Victoria, was about to pass an abortion bill which give woman the sole choice of whether to terminate or proceed with the pregnancy. Currently, woman there can abort only when doctor thinks pregnancy would harm the health of the mother. Another report of BBC radio said that one in four UK women have had a termination and the number is on the rise. The report also investigated people’s views about young girls’ pregnancy. Both reports have triggered great controversies.
Abortion is not an issue about woman’s right, but a serious challenge of morality. Those anti-abortion group protest against the bill, because they think abortion is equal to murder. But on the other side, does woman have no rights to abort if she does not want to have a child? Does woman who get pregnant unexpectedly have to abort covertly?
In my opinion, I approve that woman have the right to abort her embryo through consideration. It does not mean to murder a little life at will, but a result of a mature thinking. An embryo is also a precious life certainly; however, if the mother could not afford to keep a child and make her child grow up in a good environment, abortion might be the best option for her.
Instead of feeling regret to have a baby, it is much better to have a correct idea about sex, especially for those juveniles. Parents should tell them the serious consequence after having sex, and teach them to use condoms to prevent from pregnancy.
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Sources:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080912/health/australia_abortion_health
If the new bill becomes law, abortion will be removed from the Crimes Act, giving the woman the sole choice of whether to terminate or proceed with the pregnancy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries/abortion.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries/abortion.shtml
The investigation hear from women who've had terminations about the emotional and moral issues they faced.
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