Why is there need for world development
Why is there a need for world development... There is the need for world development to ensure peace, stability, and progress of humanity. Lack of development across the world is the source of discontent. It creates rifts among nation, within nations, and within communities. It changes the attitude of individuals towards each other, for the worse. This results in envy, greed, and hatred. It uproots communities of people from their lands and forces them to migrate to greener pastures creating challenges of migration and social tensions. Afghanistan is one of the world's poorest and least developed countires. Two-thirds of the population lives on fewer than 2 US dollars a day! That's less than what anyone in the UK earns per hour! Even more, after 2005, the official unemployment rate is at 40%. More than one-third of the G.D.P (GrossDomesticProduct) in Afghanistan comes from its thriving poppy and illegal drugs trade. Opium, one of the drugs sold in Arghanistan hit a new high in 2007 for the amount produced. According to the United Nations, some 3.4 million Afghans are involved in producing drugs. This many people involved in the production of drugs, in a country with a total population of 31 million people, means that roughly, 11 percent of the population helps drug production. This war stricken country has had all of it's economy disappear in just four years, making it
Why do many Christians Oppose abortion?
Why do many Christians Oppose abortion?-Prerana Bhounsle 10J Many people would say that abortion is the termination of the life of a fetus. However many people argue that abortion is more than that. These people say that abortion is, in fact the killing of a life; of a human; of a baby. Different countries have different laws for abortion. Before 1968 all abortions were illegal in Britain. But hundreds and thousands of woman who couldn't take the burden of a child, under-went 'backstreet abortion'; In other words, illegal abortions. These abortions were performed by unqualified people and the woman often risked serious side effects or a huge possibility of death. But these women went to any length to kill the child growing inside them. Fortunately, since 1968, the abortion act allowed women to have an abortion. However there are a few conditions: * That the abortion is done by qualified people and is carried out on registered premises * The baby is not viable * The woman must have the permission of two doctors to agree that abortion should be allowed in this case The doctors have to decide whether or not the health or the mental health of the mother is at risk, whether the continuation of the pregnancy will affect the pregnant mother's family. Lastly, if there is a chance that the child will be born handicapped. But perhaps the most discussed question in this issue