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This is not, of course, to argue that abortions are ideal, or that they should be had casually, as a matter of convenience; on the contrary. Unwanted pregnancies are unfortunate, no matter what the reason. Nevertheless, the mother has a moral responsibility towards both her own health (mental and physical) and that of her future offspring, that in some cases may outweigh moral considerations towards the unborn fetus. Clearly, the mother must consider, and consider carefully, which of her moral responsibilities is the heavier—it comes down to a question of how adversely the child will affect...
...abortion. These figures should make clear that abortions are used primarily as an instrument of socioeconomic preservation—over one fifth of abortion-seekers, after all, are mere children who cannot support themselves independently, and many others lack a partner with whom to build an ideal family environment. It seems that in these cases, the ethical choice is not, in fact, to force these women to have babies for which they are both emotionally and fiscally unprepared, but instead to abort the fetus so that they can ensure both their own preservation and the viability of future children...
...factors are the main issue, they claim, the simple solution should be giving birth and then letting someone else care for the child. This way, the parent is not tied to an unsustainable burden, and the child is given a suitable developmental environment. Though this may seem like an ideal solution, it ignores several key issues, chief among them the fact that pregnancy and childbirth themselves require significant resources—for example, to pay for hospital fees and compensate for lost wages. Not all maternity leaves are paid, and not everyone can afford an extended unpaid leave. Furthermore, certain...
...obesity epidemic, Campos argues, amounts to a relatively small across-the-board weight gain pushing large numbers of people from the top of the ideal-weight category into overweight, and from the top of overweight into obese-subtle shifts, in other words, rather than alarming spikes. Support for that view can be found in creeping mean BMI readings for New Zealand men: they've gone from 25.5 in 1977 to 26.9 in 2003. The starting point for overweight used to be 27, until health authorities-following the W.H.O.'s lead-lowered it in the late 1990s...
...beautiful piece of vintage luggage might seem like an ideal travel companion. Stylish, graceful and conjuring up a more refined era of globe-trotting, a 1920s leather case is guaranteed to turn heads at the airport. Unfortunately, though, these glamorous artifacts weren't designed for the trials of modern travel. After being tossed around by baggage handlers and bashed up in the luggage hold, your beautiful case could well end up a sad sack...