Fiege made payments under the agreement but stopped when blood tests revealed that he could not be the father. Boehm initiated criminal bastardy proceedings and Fiege was acquitted because the blood tests revealed that he could not have been the father. Boehm then sued to enforce the agreement for support in civil court. Fiege appealed the jury’s verdict in favor of Boehm. FACTS: Hilda Louise Boehm became pregnant and believed in good faith that Louis Gail Fiege was the Father.
The two parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses and in their religion states that you shall not have blood of another. So for the parents having the blood transfusion administered to their child was against their moral values, conscience, against their religion and also completely against their beliefs. So from the parents’ point of view they had the right not to administrate the transfusion. The transfusion was made anyway because the child welfare act states that a child in need of protection will be immediately be taking care of. The decision was made that the child was to be ward of the court.
Mrs. Whitehead would be paid $10,000 and all medical expenses. Baby M was born on March 27, 1986. Due to the hospitals ignorance about the surrogate parenting contract, Mr. Whiteheads name and Sara Elizabeth Whitehead was put as the parent o the birth certificate of Baby M. With the intervention of the Florida Child Welfare authorities, Mr. Stern took custody over/of the baby after 4months. Mrs. Whitehead was willing to share the custody of the baby while Mr stern wasn’t willing 2. Classical contract law as defined by judges in the common law is based on the concept of a bargain or exchange between two free and equal individuals.
CASE BRIEF Jordan v. Knafel 219 (III. Ct. App. 2007) Facts Knafel and Michael Jordan began having unprotected sex beginning in 1989 till 1990. In 1991 Knafel “was convinced that she was carrying Jordan’s baby”. To keep Jordan out of a big mess because Jordan was married at the time Knafel said she was pregnant, Jordan offered to pay her 5 million dollars once he retired from the NBA in return for her agreement not to file a paternity suit against him.
Abortion in Australia Abortion is the intentional termination of pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies, but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. Family is the first thing that females start thinking about when they start a relationship. the objective of this essay is to show whether abortion is good or not. Abortion is legal in Australia and a any woman of any age over 18 can attend an abortion clinic and do abortion until she is 24 weeks pregnant.
Diamond and Sigmundson (1997) were interested in psychosexual development, and if our innate characteristics can be overruled or irrelevant when identifying ourselves with a particular gender. Diamond challenged what was a widely accepted theory; that a child is born without gender (distinguishing between sex: genitals, chromosomes – and gender: sense of masculinity of femininity), and could therefore be assigned to an opposite gender and adjust to a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. This was brought to light when two male twins (David and Brian Reimer) underwent an operation on their penises as babies, resulting in David’s penis being burnt off. Sexologist, John Money, persuaded parents to raise David as a girl, in the belief that gender was determined by nurture. Unknown to Reimer, his story was falsely advertised as a success story.
To say that someone is "pro-life" is to say that the person believes that the government has a right to preserve all human life, regardless of intent or quality-of-life. The "pro-choice" view is that a baby does not have human rights within the mother's womb. Pro-life believes- that even incapable growing babies and undeveloped human life is sacred and must be protected by the government. Abortion they therefore believe must not be legal, nor should it be widely done on an illegal basis. Pro-choice believes- that abortion is the belief that women have the right to choose to abort a baby from their body.
This paper discusses the various aspects, circumstances, and effects of female sterilization in Puerto Rico, one of the most effectual and prevalent examples of a eugenics program throughout history whereby almost one-third of Puerto Rico's female population were sterilized under the banner of birth control. From the Paper: "The historic and social conditions--medical, political, legal, and religious-that were conducive to the mass sterilization movement in Puerto Rico are significant. For decades, the United States blamed overpopulation for economic problems, unemployment, and poverty in Puerto Rico, while ignoring the fact that they (the U.S) have played an enormous role in generating and solidifying these conditions (Michaelson
Nine years later NSW legally recognised same sex relationships by decriminalising sexual activity, the Australian Medical Association removed homosexuality from its list of illnesses and disorders. As all of the above movements signify effective action taken towards same sex relationships there still remains a large area of inequality, which has not been given legal recognition, which is marriage. Same sex couples cannot be married in Australia as the Marriage
Christians believe that every child is a gift from God. Ecclesiastes 11:5 states as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the works of the Lord. Some may view abortion as a selfish act. In a recent sermon in France, Pope John Paul reiterated his absolute refusal to allow abortion, saying "Every human being who is conceived has the right to exist, because the life which is given no longer belongs" to those who conceived it. (Christian Views On Abortion) The Bible also states that God knew Jeremiah before he was conceived.