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Surrogacy , in layman’s terms , is the use of a woman’s womb to carry and birth a baby for couples or individuals who want to have a child- and can’t have one on their own. There are two types of surrogacy in these modern times, traditional - where the surrogate mother and the biological father are the genetic parents of the child or gestational where the surrogate mother has no genetic relation to the child.(Patel et al., 2018) In some western countries like the United States , surrogacy has been a somewhat normalized alternative to traditional reproduction- on a global scale- as with most things- legality , social acceptance , and ethics surrounding surrogacy vary greatly. Most ethical arguments for surrogacy focus on either surrogates that donate their wombs out of generosity , or the agencies created to vet surrogates for prospective parents and assist with any potential legal issues; arguments against surrogacy are critical of the vast discrepancies in the practice and how...

The topic to be discussed in this essay is Black women in sports; more specifically how they navigate the challenges as both female athletes and black athletes. This will be an analysis of literature and statistics through primarily Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the feminist theory .  My first lens, critical race theory, formerly studied on college campuses, has seen a recent push to be applied to broader schools of thought and institutions. It evaluates the significant inconsistencies in the consideration of the place of “race” in legal circles impacts life chances, freedoms, and every day experiences in social structures (Lawrence & Hilton, 2022) With one of those social structures being sports, black athletes have had to navigate exclusion, abuse, unequal opportunities and protections. The beginnings of most black American participation in sports at a higher level began in historically black colleges and coloured leagues. Those athletes were some of the first to encounter ...

Healthcare workers are members of the working class that gain income from directly caring for and treating the sick and ailing. They are responsible for the maintenance of the hygiene, nutrition, clinical treatment and rehabilitation of those unable to keep up with their own care while recovering from disease and injury. As voluntary members of this group of laborers, healthcare workers (HCWs) acknowledge that the welfare of their patients usurps any personal feelings or ideals they may have as part of their professional obligations; just as a convicted rapist is expected to get the same standard of care for their ailments as any other patient in the healthcare setting. Similarly to how HCWs don’t choose their patients, they also don’t decide the types of care plans or preventative measures to be put in place- governing bodies of health science research and the biomedical sciences inform healthcare schools, institutions and workers of what is effective treatment and prevention.  In...