An abortion is a procedure that can be done to end pregnancy either by medicine or surgery which involves taking the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus (MedlinePlus website, 2015, para. 1). It is a big choice that can only come from the mother of the fetus that is growing in side of her. Whether the pregnant lady decides to keep the child, put it up for adoption or even have an abortion the decision is something that she is going to have to live with for the rest of her life. It is up to the mother to explore all of the options before making such a decision.
Some of the statistics that I found on the internet I found to be very troubling, as I thought there was a lot of them in our state. In the State of Wisconsin, the number of induced abortions reported in 2014 was 5,800, which is down 10 percent from 2013 (“Reported induced abortions,” 2015, p. 2). Women in the age group of 20-24 accounted for the largest group who had abortions in 2014; 11 percent of those women were aged 18 and younger (“Reported induced abortions,” 2015, p. 2). In that 11 percent of the women that were 18 and younger, 161 of them had to have consent from the parent and the remaining balance was done through the court …show more content…
As a social worker the best thing we can do is be their educator, advocate, enabler, and their broker in these situations (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 98). By having these different roles, we are able to have the client be aware of the good and bad in the situation. As Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman stated, “Professional social workers must be aware of arguments on both side of the issue. Only then can they assist a client in making the decision that is right for her” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 98). As social workers it is important that we put our true feeling aside and provide the client with the information that she needs in order to make a decision that she feels is
Some of the statistics that I found on the internet I found to be very troubling, as I thought there was a lot of them in our state. In the State of Wisconsin, the number of induced abortions reported in 2014 was 5,800, which is down 10 percent from 2013 (“Reported induced abortions,” 2015, p. 2). Women in the age group of 20-24 accounted for the largest group who had abortions in 2014; 11 percent of those women were aged 18 and younger (“Reported induced abortions,” 2015, p. 2). In that 11 percent of the women that were 18 and younger, 161 of them had to have consent from the parent and the remaining balance was done through the court …show more content…
As a social worker the best thing we can do is be their educator, advocate, enabler, and their broker in these situations (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 98). By having these different roles, we are able to have the client be aware of the good and bad in the situation. As Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman stated, “Professional social workers must be aware of arguments on both side of the issue. Only then can they assist a client in making the decision that is right for her” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 98). As social workers it is important that we put our true feeling aside and provide the client with the information that she needs in order to make a decision that she feels is