In the article “Surgical Strike” a woman by the name of Barbara Harris receives a call from a social worker and is asked to be a foster parent. She ends up becoming a foster parent to children who have a mother who was a crack cocaine addict. She sees the children suffer with problems that were caused because of their birth mothers addiction and does something about it. Barbara ends up starting CRACK (Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity). Which is a nonprofit organization that offers $200 in cash to addicts who agree to be sterilized or undergo long term contraception. Some people feel like by doing that she is feeding the addiction of the addicts, but her main concern is the kids that get affected by the drugs. She gets the support of a few wealthy donors that think her organization is a smart idea. She also gets hate from some programs that don’t agree with what she is doing and don’t believe in her cause. In this article there are a few ethical dilemmas that are explained throughout the article. One being the CRACK nonprofit organization, and the fact that women that are addicted to drugs are having all these babies with horrible …show more content…
The basic goods that are associated with natural law theory are life, reproduction, educate one’s offspring’s, seek god, live in society, avoid offense and shun ignorance (Vaughn). Our instincts show us the basic goods so preventing reproduction is not part of the natural law (Vaughn). One of the basic goods are reproduction, so the natural law theory would be not for the CRASH program. The CRASH program is for giving contraceptives to women who are addicted to drugs. The natural law might see sterilization as being degrading to women by paying them not to be able to conceive. They can also take them not being able to conceive as a excuse to do more drugs and just get more
He says that drugs are a symptom of living in poverty and with inequalities. The drugs are not the cause for poverty they are what comes out of living in those situation along with inequalities in the system. In the text Hart states, “empirical evidence is frequently ignored when drug policy is formulated.”1 meaning that drug policy is basically all formed on theory rather than actual observation. In the book it is mentioned how racism set into institutions and poverty, before crack was the main reason for his family falling apart.
On October 19, 1927, a “feebleminded,” young woman was robbed. This young woman’s name is Carrie Buck and her ability to conceive children was taken from her without her consent or knowledge. This decision would not only impact those already affected by unauthorized sterilization, but for those whom would later be sterilized. The Supreme Court’s ruled the sterilization of Carrie Buck to be constitutional on the grounds of it being better for society, better for the individual, and eugenic evidence.
In Lucinda Almond’s book, “The Abortion Controversy”, she gives us an excellent resource for research and debatable topics that will rouse students interested in the contemporary and controversial topic of abortion. Her book also allows us to explore many of the social, political, and economic controversies over
Swadener continues with some of the child advocacy organizations that work to dismantle the harsh beliefs about children and families living in poverty stricken areas. They create and/or improve governmental policies as well as programs to aid address specific needs of ‘at risk’ students and families. In reading what they do, I was happy to see that the organizations are working to solve the problems rather than pointing the finger at how the students’ lives became to be such a way. Also, I knew that there are programs out to help ‘at risk’ students, but it never occurred to me that families are labeled ‘at risk’ as well. Swadener listed some of the ‘at risk’ programs which I was surprised to see that I am enrolled for most: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Head Start which is a program that helps pregnant women obtain prenatal insurance before enrolling for governmental insurance such as Title 19, Badger Care, and/or Managed Health. Seeing these programs listed in Swadener’s article gave me twisted emotions.
Additionally, Parker uses logos in an attempt to seem more reliable but, her support is biased. She claims that abortion is part of the problem why there is poverty and even gives statistics proving her point, “Meanwhile, since 1973, some 60 million unborn children have been killed, about a third of which were black babies.”
Roberts, Dorothy E. "Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Privacy." Harvard Law Review 7th ser. 104.May (1991): 1419-482. JSTOR. Web. 19 Feb. 2012.
...hink that educating the youth on the effects of crack, and teaching them life coping skills can be the most effective way to cut down on the number of those who use crack. The D.A.R.E. organization does this, but they are only one organization and naturally cannot be in every school or school district. If there were more aspiring organizations such as D.A.R.E., I believe there would be a dramatic decrease in the number of addicts and in turn a decrease in violence. In addition, I also believe that parents have to talk to their children and play a more active role in their lives. Everything begins at home, so if a child is taught about drugs at home, when they enter “the real world” they’re already a step ahead.
One of these ethical issues is regarding the use of fertility drugs. These drugs such as Pergonal, can trigger ovulation and increase the production of eggs which will increase a woman’s chances of conception. Often, these fertility drugs escalate the chances of multiple births that can lead to possible risk for both the mother and fetuses. Possible risk for carrying more than one fetus includes premature birth; long periods of hospital stays after birth as well as a higher risk one or more of these children will have some kind of serious disability or brain damage. In Greg Pence’s essay “The McCaughey Septuplets: God’s Will or Human Choice?” Pence says “the human uterus did not emerge in evolution to bear litters and that large multiple births are unnatural” (87). Doctors often recommend “selective reduction” (88) of all but a couple of the embryos to reduce the risk to the mother and fetus however many mothers refuse instead believing that the end results are “God’s will”. He makes a good point saying if it were “God’s will” then there would be “no need for fertility...
Some people argue that the drug users aren’t the heroin victims. One writer notes, 'The parents of the user who steals from them, abuses them, physically, emotionally and mentally, the siblings who suffer the loss of care and love but who also get abused and used by the user, the kids of the user who learn that the parent's desire for smack is greater than the desire to be a parent,' are the real heroin victims (Fitzgerald, 2000). This problem therefore effects not only the user but the society living around them as well.
In the end, the research shows that child abuse and drug addicted babies statistics will keep increasing unless they get the serious mental help that they need to get that instinct of rasing kids out of their system.
This paper presents an ethical analysis of the mandatory newborn HIV testing law enacted in New York State. The law was passed as an effort to decrease maternal transmission of HIV, by treating infants born to HIV positive mothers immediately after birth with AZT. Newborn testing was promoted by the legislative and medical community following the overwhelmingly positive response from HIV infected pregnant women who were given AZT in the ACTG 076 clinical trials. Pregnant mothers who were given AZT had a markedly lower transmission rate than mothers who had not received it. This paper examines this newborn testing policy from a Utilitarian perspective to ascertain if the goals of the policy are feasible. The potential advantages, as well as the failures of using this policy are discussed. Implementations to improve the policy are also presented.
Thomas, Janet Y. Educating Drug Exposed Children: The Aftermath of the Crack Baby Crisis. Ed. Routledge. 2004. University of Phoenix. 3 April 2008 .
I chose the Da Vinci Surgical system as my topic because I am interested into going to physical therapy or into the orthopedics field after undergrad. Surgical equipment is highly important due to the hundreds of accidents that happen and also the high percentage of diseases. As these incidents occur it is important to consider the safety of the patient when it comes to cutting into their bodies. With the invention of the Da Vinci Surgical system it helped with vision and different viewpoints of the patient’s body and also improves precision. It is important to have a machine or tool for more than one type of surgery, one to use on patients with different injuries or diseases. Overall, this surgical system helps improve and help further research how precise and how in control a surgeon can be.
Sterilization of a person is morally inhuman. The right to bear children is a God given right and we have no authority to take that away from them. Although somebody who is incarcerated or has mental defects doesn’t mean we should take away their reproductive systems. It is not a proven fact that because that person has negative traits th...
Another tragic and very important issue ate the " Crack Babies". A crack baby is a child born to a mother who was smoking crack during her pregnancy and up until the time of birth. The infant is addicted at birth, suffers withdrawal agonies, and continues to suffer from developmental abnormalities. These tragedies occur at too high a rate no matter how many there are… The 1991 Household Survey data estimated that about 280,000 women of all ages might have used crack at some time during the year.