Read this article: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-gerace-short22-2008oct22-story.html#axzz30H2Kfq9N
The article presents two sides of the issue.
Once you've read the article, explain what the argument IN FAVOR of parental notification is using for its:
1. Claim
2. Evidence
3. Reasoning
4. Counterclaims
Put your response in the comments below.
Claim; we should notify parents
ReplyDeleteEvidence:most teens already talk to their parents when they face an unplanned pregnancy. He points to studies showing that more than 60% of teens (and more than 90% of teens 14 and under) already talk to parents when they consider this difficult decision.
Reasoning: Wheter or not they notify the parents most children will tell their parents anyway
Counter Claim:Among those adolescents who did not talk to their parents, about one-third had already experienced violence in the family and feared it would occur again. Almost all teens who don't involve a parent do involve another trusted adult, such as an aunt or grandmother. Forced parental notification will not improve family communication -- but it will put teenagers at risk.
Claim: Parents should be notified when their child wants to get an abortion.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: "He points to study showing that more than 60% already talk to parents when they consider this difficult decision."
Reasoning: 60% of children who are pregnant and want to get an abortion have already talked to their parent/s about it.
Counterclaim: "Forced parental notification will not improve family communication---but put teenagers at risk."
Claim: Parents should be notified when their child wants to get an abortion.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: "He points to study showing that more than 60% already talk to parents when they consider this difficult decision."
Reasoning: 60% of children who are pregnant and want to get an abortion have already talked to their parent/s about it.
Counterclaim: "Forced parental notification will not improve family communication---but put teenagers at risk."
Warf said we shouldn't forget the negative medical outcomes that Proposition 4 would bring about. Teens are twice as likely as adults to delay pregnancy-related care. Experience from some states with notification laws shows us that teens will avoid doctors and delay getting an abortion later into a pregnancy -- sometimes as late as the second trimester, when abortion is a more complicated procedure. Some teens will panic, others will travel alone or out of state, others may take desperate measures to end the pregnancy themselves -- and some will die. Warf says that as a doctor, he knows that before the days of safe and legal abortion care, self-induced abortion was the leading cause of hospitalization for women. It remains a leading cause of death for women of child-bearing age in countries where abortion remains illegal.
ReplyDeleteClaim- Parent's should not have to be notified with health services.
ReplyDeleteEvidence- Evidence shows that teens will avoid doctors and delay abortion if their parents have to know.
Reasoning- This will not benefit the baby or the parents and is caused by the rule that parent's have to notified of.
Counterclaims- Teens should notify their parents so that they can have a say.
In this article the claim is that parents should be notified if a teen wants to have an abortion. The evidence in the article is 60% of teens have talked to their parents about having an abortion. The reasoning is that teens feel that is they tell there parents then they could be able to seek better medical attention. The counterclaim is that some teens that don't seek medical attention might consider ending the pregnancy by harming themselves to kill the child.
ReplyDeleteClaim:Forced parental notification will not improve family communication -- but it will put teenagers at risk.
ReplyDeleteEvidence:
Yet despite research from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the New England Journal of Medicine and other top-tier health journals that shows there is a significant risk of violence, abuse and rejection in families when parents are informed of a pregnancy, proponents of Proposition 4 insist there's no risk of harm to teens.
Reasoning:Worse yet, under Proposition 4, if a teenager cannot talk to her parents -- for whatever reason -- she is forced to go to law enforcement. Imagine a scared, pregnant teen having to make that decision and then waiting at home for the authorities to come to the door -- the same door she has to return through when it's all over.
CLAIM:They agree that they should tell there parents before an abortion.
ReplyDeleteEVIDENCE:"proporsition for simply requires that a doctor notify a parent or in case of a parental abuse,another adult family member before preforming a serious medical procedure on a minor."
REASONING:"it just common sense."
COUNTERCLAIM:"as for why teens dont tell,few teens say that they fear abuse.In almost all cases,the only reason that a teen age girl doesnt want to tell her parents about her pregnency is that she feels ashamed and doesnt want to let her parents down.
Claim: Forcing parental will not improve family communication and can have teenagers do more risky things behind their parent's backs.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: More teens who feel like they can't communicate with their families would either run away or try to kill the baby.
Reasoning: They would either deal with an abortion or miscarriage than be beaten or abused by their families if they found out they we're pregnant.
Obviously the authors claim is in favor of parental consent when it comes to the minor's ability to have an abortion. For example the author states that "Healthcare professionals know that young teens are safest when a parent is involved in their medical care." she also states that "getting back to the original question, we don't just "encourage communication" between young teens and parents about other medical care; we require parental consent." She also includes percentages on how many teen have told their parents and others have not.
ReplyDeleteClaim: They should be notified when their child wants an abortion.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: He points to studies showing that more than 60% of teens (and more than 90% of teens 14 and under) already talk to parents when they consider this difficult decision.
Reasoning: That means that some teens plan to give abortion and start talking to their parents about the decision.
Counterclaim: They shouldnt be notified for it.