(THE TOPIC IS CHILDREN RIGHTS) NO PLAGIARISM IF A GREAT JOB IS DONE I WILL CONSIDER YOU FOR THE FINAL PAPER AS WELL 

• Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).
  • Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
• Thesis statement.
  • Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
• Annotated bibliography.
  • Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
  • Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
  • Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.
  • Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

• Must be 1,000 to 1,250 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least five scholarly sources.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning.
• Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

For this assignment you need to have a total of 2 responses. 

You have the option to select TWO out of the three inquiries below.

1. According to the Gallup polling organization, in 2001, 45 percent of Americans believed abortion is morally wrong, but by 2009, the percentagehad risen to 56 percent. During the same period, the percentage of people who believe that it is morally acceptable to have a baby outside of marriage rose from 45 to 51 percent. However, the percentage who believe gay and lesbian relationships are morally wrong dropped from 53 to 47 percent1.

Suppose that two of your friends are discussing the meaning of these statistics. One says, “The statistics mean that gay relationships and having children out of the wedlock used to be immoral but now they are moral.  On the other hand, abortion used to be moral but now is immoral.”  The other responds, “That’s ridiculous.  If an action was wrong a decade ago, it is still wrong today; and if it wasn’t wrong then, it isn’t wrong now.”

Settle your friends’ dispute, applying what you learned in this chapter (2).

12. A 16-year old girl visits a birth control clinic and asks to be put on the pill.  Because she is a minor, the clinic doctor who writes the prescription for her notifies her parents of the action.  Possibly a majority of Americans would approve of the doctor’s action.  Is the action ethical?

13. In some parts of the country, a majority of the citizens presumably believe that it is morally acceptable to send people to jail for smoking marijuana. Is that view correct?