Controversial Issues Essays and Term Papers

a very controversial topic in society today. There are two main groups in this controversy, advocates for pro-choice and the pro-life supporters. Each side has many arguments for their case. The pro-life supporters maintain that abortion is murder…

terminal disease. She lies in a bed, motionless and unaware of her surroundings. The medication to ease her pain has been wearing off. She just lies there in pain and unable to communicate with the outside world. The doctors give her a month to live…

believe that abortion takes away the "right to live", and is morally wrong. Though, others for abortion argue that the statement is just a religious belief. Pro-abortionists consider that having an abortion is the women's' choice. What makes…

use 6 billion plastic bags every year. They kill more than 100 000 birds, whales, seals and turtles worldwide every year. (Plastic bag tax push, The Herald Sun) By applying the tax it would cut down the numbers of plastic bags used therefore cutting…

a topic, I chose Divorce and its Effects on Children. I explored divorce and it effects on children using the findings of three studies; Karl Zinsmeister (1996), Michael E. Lamb and Kathleen J. Sternberg (1997), Ensign, Scherman, and Clark (1998)…

prevailed as possibly the most controversial health issue facing our nation. Within the issue clear sides can be drawn. Activists on either side are highly organized, pummeling the public with proof that abortion is either wrong or right. Stripped…

rapes and sexual assaults in the United States, in the year 2000. Seventy-two percent of those were never reported, of those reported, there is a fifty percent chance of an arrest, an eighty percent chance that the sexual offender will be prosecuted,…

to the conclusion that a fetus is a person and the right to life of a fetus outweighs that of a woman's right to bodily integrity. Hence, that abortion is immoral. Supporters arguments are that a fetus has no right to life at all based on the belief…

focussed heavily on differentiating between 'genuine' refugees who have come to Britain in fear of their lives and 'bogus' immigrants only interested in the economic benefits that Britain can provide. The focus placed on the importance of keeping our…

eaten away by acid that has been placed on its body. A sigh of relief comes as the subject is removed from the place it has called home for months and its young body thrown into a dumpster to never be seen again. One and a half million women have abortio…