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…. During pregnancy the single, most important thing a woman can do to ensure a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby is to stop smoking. A woman who continues smoking during pregnancy is more likely to experience difficulties than a non-smoker or a woman who…

…the carrier status, a normal level does not exclude it. In addition, the factor VIII and IX blood levels are known to fluctuate in people and will increase with stress and pregnancy. As a result, only a prediction of the carrier status can be given…

…Birth Control is defined as various ways used to prevent pregnancy from occurring. Birth Control has been a concern for humans for thousands of years. The first contraception devices were mechanical barriers in the vagina that prevented…

…with stress and pregnancy. As a result, only a prediction of the carrier status can be given with this method. Another method to determine the carrier status in a woman is to look directly at the DNA from a small blood sample of several members of the family…

…. There are three main types of diabetes mellitus: insulin-dependent (Type 1), noninsulin-dependent (Type 2), and gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy). In insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM), the pancreas makes little or no insulin because the insulin-producing…

…they include. One such sub-issue is partial-birth abortion. Partial-birth abortions are those that are performed in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy. The procedure usually calls for the abortionist to turn the unborn baby into the “breech” (or “feet…

…. With the lack of a definite starting point of life, it is difficult to put rules on abortions. If a fetus is deemed to be alive as soon as conception occurs, then the Pro-Life movement has a point in saying that abortion at any point in the pregnancy is murder…

…levels due to the fact that it affects not only the baby's life, but the physical and mental well-being of the mother. Abortion may be defined as the termination of pregnancy by unnatural causes. The abortive procedure that may be utilized earliest…

…her pregnancy. The right to choose to have an abortion is so personal and essential to women's lives. The state can't interfere in the private lives of a citizen. Without the right to choose an abortion the 14th Amendment's guarantee of liberty has little…

…that the decision to abort a pregnancy is that of the mother and the state has no right to interfere. A pro-lifer would hold that from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive. This life imposes on us a moral obligation to preserve it and that abortion…