Week 6 Discussion: Family Planning, Abortion Issues 2 2
Due: Post your initial response by Wednesday night at 11:59pm Mountain Time.
Your instructor will post a response to your post by Friday 11:59 pm MT.
Respond to your instructor’s comments by Sunday 11:59pm Mountain Time.
Step 1
Choose either Option A or Option B and post a 150+ word discussion by Wednesday, 11:59 pm MT,
Be specific and give examples, using at least two outside references, to buttress your argument. Cite all sources in APA format.
Side Comment: During the Soviet Union era, contraceptives were not available. Abortion was the method of contraception. There are women who had over 200 abortions before the fall of communism. The same is true in many other countries.
Option A:
You are part of a medical mission to a small town in a country where contraceptives are not readily available and family planning consists of either constant pregnancies or regular abortions. This has resulted in a health crisis for the women with a life expectancy half that of the male population. Both deaths in childbirth and deaths from complications as a result of an annual cycle of pregnancy followed by an abortion are on the rise. What are the ethics involved? How do you approach the families of the town? Consider that the culture is highly patriarchal and you need to be convincing rather than dogmatic.
Option B:
A married couple comes into the local health clinic where you are working. One of them wants an abortion, the other is vehemently against it. They are asking your opinion. First write about the situation as if it is the woman wanting the abortion and the man against it, then switch the roles (the man wants the abortion and the woman is against it).
Reply
Write about the issues involved from an ethical, not a legal perspective. (You may combine your arguments if you feel the ethics are identical in both situations.)
Step 2
Read your instructor’s response and post a response to him by Friday, 11:59 pm MT.
