Abortion Controversy
Running Head: SHOULD THERE BE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS?
Should There Be Federal Funding For Abortions?
February 6, 2013.
Social Work 7065: Foundation Macro Theory and Practice
Instructor: Mr. Robert Graham
SHOULD THERE BE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS?
History of the Abortion Controversy The abortion controversy began after 1973 when the use of public funds was used to pay for abortions. Some “anti-abortion partisans expressed outrage that their tax money was being used in support of a procedure that they viewed as murder, and strong efforts were made to forbid the expenditure of public …show more content…
This article examines how “psychotherapy is not useful in dealing with these types of problems” (Specht, 1990, p. 354). The data in this article discussed how our mission in social work practices, “must be to build a meaning, a purpose, and a sense of obligation for the community, not one by one” (Specht, 1990, p. 355). By creating a community that we establish we have a basis for commitment, obligation, and social support” (Specht, 1990, p.355). Specht (1990) suggests, that “psychotherapy will not enable us to build communities, and the farther down the psychotherapeutic path we go, the less effective we will be in achieving our true mission” (Specht, 1990, p.355).
Article Critique The Specht (1990) article looks at social work in a negative way. Social work practice has to deal with people on the Macro level. Social workers look at the whole picture when working with the elderly, homeless, abused and neglected children, mentally ill, poor, people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol, and AIDS. By working in the field with many different clients, you have to help one client at a time. When you help clients on an individual basis, you as the worker build a rapport with the client and you get a better sense of their
Should There Be Federal Funding For Abortions?
February 6, 2013.
Social Work 7065: Foundation Macro Theory and Practice
Instructor: Mr. Robert Graham
SHOULD THERE BE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS?
History of the Abortion Controversy The abortion controversy began after 1973 when the use of public funds was used to pay for abortions. Some “anti-abortion partisans expressed outrage that their tax money was being used in support of a procedure that they viewed as murder, and strong efforts were made to forbid the expenditure of public …show more content…
This article examines how “psychotherapy is not useful in dealing with these types of problems” (Specht, 1990, p. 354). The data in this article discussed how our mission in social work practices, “must be to build a meaning, a purpose, and a sense of obligation for the community, not one by one” (Specht, 1990, p. 355). By creating a community that we establish we have a basis for commitment, obligation, and social support” (Specht, 1990, p.355). Specht (1990) suggests, that “psychotherapy will not enable us to build communities, and the farther down the psychotherapeutic path we go, the less effective we will be in achieving our true mission” (Specht, 1990, p.355).
Article Critique The Specht (1990) article looks at social work in a negative way. Social work practice has to deal with people on the Macro level. Social workers look at the whole picture when working with the elderly, homeless, abused and neglected children, mentally ill, poor, people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol, and AIDS. By working in the field with many different clients, you have to help one client at a time. When you help clients on an individual basis, you as the worker build a rapport with the client and you get a better sense of their