Ethical Issues In Abortion
Introduction
Description of client
Amelia is a 23 year old Hispanic woman who has a variety of issues that range from her drug addiction which has caused her 4 children to be removed from her home, to a current unwanted pregnancy.
Ethical challenge
The pressing ethical challenge, for Amelia, is the unwanted pregnancy; pressing because she must make a decision in one week otherwise she will have gone past the safe termination boundary, should she decide to terminate. Additionally, her family is catholic and does not believe in abortion; on the other hand, she has been struggling with this and has been using in hopes that she would miscarry. Furthermore, Amelia has asked me what she should do in regards to this decision. I informed her that …show more content…
Amelia explained that she had been using drugs on and off for the previous 5 years or so and was turned in by her mother who consequently is aware of her addiction and that she is pregnant again. The children were temporarily placed with Amelia’s mother while she (Amelia) gets treatment. Amelia is allowed supervised visits with her children once weekly on Saturday’s for three hours. Additionally, she is required to do an out-patient program including aftercare, and complete a parenting class before she can be reunited with her children. With regard to the unwanted pregnancy, Amelia became very emotional (crying profusely) I gave pause until she was ready to move …show more content…
Amelia stated that she was struggling with the thought of birthing another child in the mist of the chaos that existed in her life; the father is absent and she has no real help from her family besides the condemnation that is thrusted upon her because she is not married. I pursued the divine command issue by asking her what she believed for herself (not what mom believed), she told me that she was not sure about her beliefs at this point, but she really did want to keep her unborn child and has been feeling guilty that she even considered termination, and this had no bearing on the pressures she had endured from her mother. The conversation has seemingly shifted to virtue ethics as she attempted to sort out her issues. “Moral arguments usually recommend a position based on a value as whether a behavior is good or bad, or whether a particular choice is a good one or a bad one” Taleff, Michael J. (pp.
Description of client
Amelia is a 23 year old Hispanic woman who has a variety of issues that range from her drug addiction which has caused her 4 children to be removed from her home, to a current unwanted pregnancy.
Ethical challenge
The pressing ethical challenge, for Amelia, is the unwanted pregnancy; pressing because she must make a decision in one week otherwise she will have gone past the safe termination boundary, should she decide to terminate. Additionally, her family is catholic and does not believe in abortion; on the other hand, she has been struggling with this and has been using in hopes that she would miscarry. Furthermore, Amelia has asked me what she should do in regards to this decision. I informed her that …show more content…
Amelia explained that she had been using drugs on and off for the previous 5 years or so and was turned in by her mother who consequently is aware of her addiction and that she is pregnant again. The children were temporarily placed with Amelia’s mother while she (Amelia) gets treatment. Amelia is allowed supervised visits with her children once weekly on Saturday’s for three hours. Additionally, she is required to do an out-patient program including aftercare, and complete a parenting class before she can be reunited with her children. With regard to the unwanted pregnancy, Amelia became very emotional (crying profusely) I gave pause until she was ready to move …show more content…
Amelia stated that she was struggling with the thought of birthing another child in the mist of the chaos that existed in her life; the father is absent and she has no real help from her family besides the condemnation that is thrusted upon her because she is not married. I pursued the divine command issue by asking her what she believed for herself (not what mom believed), she told me that she was not sure about her beliefs at this point, but she really did want to keep her unborn child and has been feeling guilty that she even considered termination, and this had no bearing on the pressures she had endured from her mother. The conversation has seemingly shifted to virtue ethics as she attempted to sort out her issues. “Moral arguments usually recommend a position based on a value as whether a behavior is good or bad, or whether a particular choice is a good one or a bad one” Taleff, Michael J. (pp.