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on the streets finds out she is pregnant. Knowing full well she already has 14
called Project Prevention will offer her $200.00 to be either sterilized (tubes
tied), or put on long-term birth control. Without a second thought, she takes
the money and continues her drug using, and she stops putting babies into
trouble. But is this the answer? Does she deserve a chance to change? Are
humans so cheap now? There are people on both sides and in-between
infants who are exposed to illicit drugs by [paying] addicted individuals who
(2011).
women are being exploited in one of the weakest points in their lives. Can a
woman really make such a crucial judgement about her life and future when
she is not in the right state of mind? Some women have had the experience
of becoming pregnant while in the middle of a drug addiction, and the hope
and joy of learning they were going to be a mother helped them to stop
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a change of heart. The Project Prevention website states In 1995, nearly 3.1
Not all women who use drugs are doing it by choice, and not all of
them want to keep using. In fact, many women turn their lives around once
they learn they are pregnant. The prospect of motherhood (both planned
and unplanned) provided some women with an incentive to stop using drugs
or to go into treatment Olsen, Banwell, & Madden (2014). These authors are
expressing that we cannot say that all drug addicts will never be able to
time, the effects of drugs on the fetus are real. Lucke et al explain that drug
known fact that fetus exposed to alcohol and drugs are in extreme danger,
and after they are born they have a much higher chance of being abused in
mother of five children that were all born from the same drug-addicted
mother. She has had first-hand experience with what its like to have all
these children running around with nowhere to go. According to her website,
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stillborn, and children that died after birth for over 13 years. With nearly
Project Prevention is trying to curb the amount of women that end up giving
website has many testimonies of women who say they are glad they
are in danger, one could ask if should someone be able to play God and
decide when and where someone can bring life into this world? These women
are in a foggy state of mind and dont know what is best for their future.
They need help in so many ways and might not realize the paramount
decision they are about to make. According to Lucke et al, The intervention
individual liberty and violating respect for their autonomy. Pg. 1037. The
author is saying that these women have become objects and not considered
as a free human anymore. They now have a dollar sign above their heads.
Their drug addiction does not make them any less of a human with a soul
and emotion!
the middle of a drug addiction, and the hope and joy of learning they were
The website states In 1995, nearly 3.1 million children were reported to
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The opposing views argue that this kind of financial bribe is wrong, as
Derkas says, the low monetary enticement of two to three hundred dollars
and welcome alliances with all sectors of our communities including drug
specifically focusing on poor women in bad areas. This may be true, but
these are the women that are getting pregnant and who also have drug
problems.
they have a drug problem Olsen et al, (2014) These women face a moral
the question here is not who did the most honorable thing with their child, it
References
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Derkas, E. (2011). Dont let your pregnancy get in the way of your drug
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Lucke, Hall, Wayne. (June 2012) Under what conditions is it ethical to offer
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Project Prevention
http://www.projectprevention.org/statistics/