Abortion in Canada

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1 Reflective Journal Tsering Lama Tamang George Brown College February 22th, 2018 Nursing Ethics Description When I was working as an RN in Nepal, I had a patient who was 16yrs old, and it was her third time to have an abortion. She came alone to the clinic looking scared, worried and requested me not to disclose her name. I asked her if she has anyone with her and she replied no. In our country, getting pregnant before marriage is a sin. I asked her to use…

"Abortions Increase Risk of Maternal Death: New Study." After Abortion. Elliot Institute, 2012. Web. 21 Jan. 2016. The Elliot Institute conducts research on the effects of abortion on women, men, families, and society. The institute is made up of staff members that are research assistants, interns, and volunteers who work closely with other researchers from the United States and Canada. In particular, they have performed a study on abortion risks in maternal death. The study compares the…

Parents think that they’ve finally found a way to stop teens from having sex. Seventy-nine percent of teenagers who become pregnant are unmarried. Eighty percent of teenage pregnancies are unintended. Most people aren’t abstinence anymore. Even though the teen pregnancy rate has declined over the past few decades, the fact of the matter is that the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western industrialized world. Most of the teen pregnancies occurring before 1980 were to…

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in our society. The argument of abortion comes from many different perspectives. Everyone has their own opinion on the matter. Many say abortion is murder, whereas others say it is justified under certain circumstances. When it comes to who makes the decision to abort, the woman carrying the child has the ultimate choice. There are different positions that a person can take on abortion. The two main views on the topic include pro-choice and…

Abortions; this one word brings about starkly contrasted feelings in every heart across the world. It is both encouraged and frowned upon, and affects everyone. One story about it comes from an unnamed woman in Newport Beach, California. She was 24, and already had three kids. She knew she couldn’t give birth to a fourth one because “Everything in…[her] life leading up to this traumatic moment was an absolute mess…[Her] marriage…[Her] friendships…[Her] relationship with God. All of it, an…

Teen Pregnancy Imagine having to make it as a teen parent on your own sounds scary right, well being a teen parent isn’t really cracked up what it all suppose to be, You wont believe how many single teen mothers and teen fathers there are that don’t get to graduate from high school. Teen pregnancy is emerging issue because some teen moms don’t get to graduate nor do they get to finish college because they are busy having to take care of their babies, and while having to worry about taking…

The history of birth control in Canada has encountered significant obstacles. For those willingly seeking it, contraception often required strenuous effort, leaving many unsuccessful. Whether it be government laws or societal views, birth control, particularly through sterilization, was no easy task. However, several individuals found loopholes in the eugenics program, thus granting them access to birth control through sterilization. Unfortunately, those who did not pursue sterilization may have…

deaths occurred when compared to those with government approval (Hesketh, Lu, and Wei Xing). This means that it is more likely for the mother to die if her child is born illegally due to inadequate medical attention or care. Forced sterilizations and abortions in unsanitary places performed by unqualified people are detrimental to both the mother and baby. Many times to prevent any excessive children, women are forced to undergo forced sterilizations or unwillingly have intrauterine devices…

Social Media and Our Changing Society Social media is a powerful tool used to dictate our society in many ways, sometimes more than we could imagine. It’s a force so strong that it influences people from what they should wear, buy, eat and even what to listen to on the radio. It can influence decision and change people’s perspective on things just because it’s said on the media in a certain way. People are becoming more and more being dependent on social media and networks such as Twitter…

Teen Pregnancy while it can be a controversial topic; it is a major part of our culture. There are many people who look down upon pregnant teens rather than giving them the support they need. Teenage mothers have many obstacles that the average married, adult parents do not face. Many teen mothers are unable to get a higher education and have a higher risk of being unemployed in adulthood. Stress and Depression is also higher in teen mothers than other teens and adult mothers (Collingwood…