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A Bill to Ban Emergency Contraceptives in the United States of America
A bill to ban emergency contraceptives in the United States of America. Section 1. The prescribing, use and sale of any emergency contraceptive by anyone in the United States shall be deemed illegal. Section 2. Definitions: The term “emergency contraceptive” shall be defined as: (1) Any pill, drug or device that is intended to prevent or terminate a pregnancy. (2) Any such pill, drug or device in (1) that is used post-coitally. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supporters of
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The Rights of Individual in the International Public Law
The question of the role of individuals in international law is closely bound up with the rise in the international protection of human rights. This theory maintains that individuals constitute only the subject-matter of intended legal regulation. Only states, and possibly international organizations, are subjects of the law. This has been a theory of limited value. The essence of international law has always been its ultimate concern for the human being and this was clearly
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Defining Public Relations
Defining Public Relations According to PRSA Public relations “helps an organization and its publics adapt mutually to each other”. Public Relations is also referred to as a form of communication primarily directed toward gaining public understanding and acceptance. There are various definitions of Public Relations and this could be primarily due to how people view its importance or lack thereof. The various definitions tend to say the same thing but with different verbiage. Public relations
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Should Smoking Be Illegal?
One of the largest and most problematic health issues in our society is smoking. Smoking is currently the leading cause of death in our country, due to its harmful and addicting contents, such as nicotine and tobacco. Although millions die from it each year, smoking is the single most preventable cause of death as well. Without smoking, a tremendous amount of money and lives will be saved. I think that our country should ban smoking
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Smoking - the Consequences
Smoking! Why do people do it? Do they want to be cool? Peer Pressure? What people don't realize is that smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the United States. (http://community.healthgate.com) Another thing people don't realize is all the kinds of sickness the can get or even give to there children due to secondhand smoke. Some of the most popular ones are heart attacks and strokes, lung problems, and what happens to
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Creationism and Public Schools
Creationism and Public Schools The issue of whether creationism should be taught in public schools, rather than evolution, is a new one. It has only been in the past fifty years that it has even been in debate. Public school science classes, when discussing the origins of life on Earth, coincided with Sunday school classes. Students learned that the Earth, universe and everything else was created in seven days, by God, as stated in
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Homeschooling Vs. Public Schooling by Mary Lanphier
Homeschooling vs. Public Schooling Mary Lanphier August 27, 2006 When we consign our children to public schools, we feel satisfied that they are receiving 'quality education'. But, are we really getting our money's worth? More importantly, are the children gaining anything from this kind of a learning procedure? Socialization is hailed as one of the greatest advantage of schools. This is the place where the child picks up the rudiments of social skills that help
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Discovering the Public Interest
The public interest is a vital part of being a successful democratic nation. Unfortunately, consensus surrounding the issue of what constitutes the public interest has never been found. Canada, striving to be a world leader in democracy, struggles with this issue everyday in the creation of regulations and policies. Ideas expressed in academic literature, regulatory decisions, and views of the public were looked at in an effort to establish an accountability framework. This framework is
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Public Relations: Organizational and Societal Functions Reviewed
Public Relations: Organizational and Societal Functions Reviewed Introduction The pituitary gland is a human body part that is no larger than a pea and is located in the base of the brain where the three lobes meet. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center (2007), this master gland of the endocrine system performs a number of functions from controlling skin pigmentation, an external activity, to the internal action of increasing hormones found in the
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Want to Quit Smoking?
Want to Quit Smoking? Faced with concrete evidence all around them to quit the smoking habit or probably die from it, smokers still light up and poison themselves. Most smokers want to quit, but how does one deal with the struggles of addiction? With all the resources available to help one quit smoking, one still needs a good support system to succeed. There are many different kinds of supports people can use. From nicotine replacement
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Uniform in Public School
This article describes the pros and cons of uniforms in school. Many experts believe that students who wear school uniforms will do better academically in school. Majority of students are focused on wardrobe and the latest fashion trends that it distracts them from the actual reason of why they are attending school to receive a quality education. Some experts state that mandatory uniform policy will remove these distractions. In addition they also believe uniform set
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Smoking
A lot of women is aware that is smoking is bad for their health. Even if one of their family members already died from smoking, yet, they themselves still do smoke. Most smokers can recite the statistics of people dying from smoking. They know that cancer is the leading cause of death of many people around the world, especially Philippines. Women smokers are 30% more likely to develop breast cancer than non-smokers. Women who smoke
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Smoking Persuasive Essay
Cigarette Smoking I feel that smoking is a horrible choice, risk, and mistake. Smoking affects everyone around you through Second Hand Smoke. The risk of increasing your chances of lung diseases, heart failure, and risks even yet unidentified are overwhelming. The cost of cigarettes is also getting out of hand for people to afford. Cigarette smoking has many risks and no rewards that I know of. Second Hand smoke hurts people around you whether
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Carlill V. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company
Relying purely on Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 and Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots Cash Chemists Ltd (1952) 2 QB 795, discuss the strengths and weakness of NeilЎЇs claim the Harley Davidson. Give full reason for your answer and discuss arguments for and against Neil. The Bike show (defendant) used the Harley Davidson as a simple Ў°gimmickЎ°to attract more attention towards the customers. They held no definite promise
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Passive Smoking: An Active Controversy
An Analysis of the print ad Passive Smoking: An Active Controversy Our society uses media in various ways to coerce an audience to buy a certain product, believe a specific message, or assume a certain belief based on a particular ad. These ads appear in many different forms, consisting of television commercials, billboard ads, and print ads. To analyze a given message, an individual must be open-minded and be able to distinguish what the underlying
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Minimum Standards for Public Consent in Domestic Governance
Minimum Standards for Public Consent in Domestic Governance The government of the United States is designed to give its citizens vast power and decision making abilities while also protecting the rights of those who oppose the ideas of the majority. This is done by having three different branches of government; executive, legislative, and judicial, in which there are checks and balances to control the power of each. The people of the United States theoretically have
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Smoking
Every day 3,000 children start smoking, most of them between the ages of 10 and 18 and one-third will die from tobacco related deaths. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adults state that they first started smoking as a teenager. Of the 50 million American’s that smoke, only 25% are over 18 years old. (Smoking, 26) Statistics clearly show that young people are the
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Inherit the Wind:should Religion Be Taught Freely in Public Schools
Religion, politics, ethics should be prohibited to be taught in public schools. Should not be taught in public schools because it could corrupt students’ minds, it could offend people and cause conflict that could result into a very violence senareo between parents vs teachers and teachers vs students and that it would be a big battle and result in the hands of the court. Teachers should not teach their students about religion, politics, and ethics
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Medicinal Marijuana: A Legal Smoke?
A Legal Smoke? Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of ailments. Marijuana's therapeutic uses are well-documented in modern scientific literature. The studies arrived at the conclusion that marijuana provides symptomatic relief for a number of medical conditions, including nausea and vomiting, stimulating appetite, promoting weight gain, and diminishing intraocular pressure from glaucoma. There is also evidence that smoked marijuana reduces muscle spasticity from spinal cord
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Religion in Public Schools
"...Schools do more than train children's minds. They also help to nurture their souls by reinforcing the values they learn at home and in their communities. I believe that one of the best ways we can help out schools to do this is by supporting students'rights to voluntarily practice their religious beliefs, including prayer in schools.... For more than 200 years, the First Amendment has protected our religious freedom and allowed many Faiths to flourish
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Defining Public Relations
Defining Public Relations Keith Ducote University of Phoenix MKT 348 Instructor Jackie Perry May 30, 2006 Defining Public Relations Public relations, as a field, is a multibillion dollar business practiced by more than 200,000 professionals around the United States. The need for additional sufficient public relations has sparked an increasing growth in numbers and in respect within the past thirty years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public relations will be one of the
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Can the Public School Produce Good Citizens?
Can the Public School Produce Good Citizens? It's important to know what's happening in someone's community. At least that's what a good citizen would do. A good citizen would know what's happening whether it's good or bad. If everyone were a bad citizen, there would be much confusion. Also, if everyone were a good citizen there would be no confusion. That is why people should be a good citizen. A good citizen is involved in
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Public/private Sector Unions
As far back as I can remember unions have been a large slice of cold war Americana. When I was younger, talks around the dinner table was of union issues and most of all, dependency on a union in some facet. I lived in a Sacramento community that relied heavily on some form of a union and the defense industry. Federally operated defense industries adopted unions in order to regulate employment and have a set
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Smoking and Pregnancy
Introduction Cigarettes are a common teratogen, an agent that causes damage to the developing organism, which is preventable (Berger 115). The California Environmental Protection Agency (CAL/EPA) has identified tobacco smoke and nicotine, a chemical in tobacco smoke, as substances that are harmful to unborn children (NTP). “Smoking during pregnancy may indicate that a woman is not taking a healthy approach to childbearing and, thus, may be associated with later problem behaviors for the child. For
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What Is the Federal Government's Single Greatest Responsibility to the Public?
What is the federal government's single greatest responsibility to the public? In my opinion the federal government has many responsibilities to the public, but most importantly is its pledge of protection to the public. When I say protection, I mean not only from military attacks from other countries, but by supplying funds for all the needs of the citizens. As the population in the U.S. increases and federal funds decrease, the government tends to forget
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