Pregnant Addicts: The Best Outcome for Mother and Child Kimberly Brooks Ottawa University OAD 40654 Health Care Law and Ethics January 15, 2013 Richard Hardy Pregnant Addicts: The Best Outcome for Mother and Child Introduction Illegal drugs and/or alcohol used by addicted women during pregnancy pose a significant health problem. Since the 1970’s prosecutors have made the use of illegal drugs a complex legal question. They have included criminal child abuse, criminal child mistreatment and attempted to charge mother’s with attempted first degree murder or even intentional homicide when the fetus or child does not live. State appellate courts have almost uniformly found criminal prosecution
Pregnancy: The Affects of Drug Abuse While Pregnant Catherine Forst Rogue Community College Each year, tens of thousands of infants are exposed to drugs while in their mother’s womb. Because of this, these children are often times born with birth defects, abnormalities, and neurological problems because of the drug abuse. Unfortunately for these innocent and defenseless children, their mother’s poor choices directly affect them and their development both inside their mother’s womb and continually for their entire lives. The child falls victim to their mother’s decisions and is the one to suffer the consequences and deal with the long term effects of substance abuse. Women who abuse substances while pregnant put their child at a great
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Describe the experience The majority of children born with full-blown FAS were born to mothers who are alcoholics and who drink everyday. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a health problem that affects mother that consumed large amount of alcohol during pregnancy. Pregnant women are not educated about the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. High levels of alcohol during pregnancy can result in a range of physical and mental abnormalities FAS is the leading known cause of mental abnormalities. Along with mental retardation, it could also cause physical problems.
On the other hand, males used condom to prevent the sperm of entering into the fallopian tubes of a woman . Sex-education courses in middle school and high school could be another alternative factor to prevent unwanted pregnancy within the majority group of young teens. The sex-education program course are taught with widely objective information and formal activities to inform students of the terrible consequences of unprotected sex. Throughout history, women have had abortions, whether legal or not even if it meant risking their lives with unsafe methods. Camille Peri states, “ You look at the ultrasounds and there’s a fetus with a heartbeat and then after the procedure, there’s the fetus, usually in pieces, in a dish” (Peri 2).
Which was the case in 2007 when a man slipped the pills into is pregnant girlfriend’s glass of milk, to make his intended abortion, seem like a miscarriage. Amelia Dominquez blames her tight knit community for her taking the misoprostol. Amelia claims that abortion and birth control is shunned in her community and that if she were to be seen walking into an abortion clinic, rumors would fly. Amelia says “It’s a health risk. There’s a lot of girls in situations like that, and they’ve overwhelmed”.
Timothy J Gallant HUS318/SSC318: Adolescence, Sub Abuse & Crimi (Summer 2013) Women Behind Bars Silja J.A. Talvi UMA Campus 7/1/2013 The book influenced my opinion on women in prison because; I learned that the incarceration of at risk women does nothing to help them but does everything to help damage our American society and infrastructure. It should be a matter of great concern that almost two and a half million children have a parent in prison. This confounding statistic points to a growing normalization of correctional supervision and the forced dependency it perpetuates. Moreover, these children are set up for failure because of the denied access to federal benefits many of their mothers will incur due to the
Postpartum Depression Katie Barkley English 1003 Professor Wood November 17, 2011 Outline Thesis: Postpartum Depression can become very dangerous in a woman after she has given birth to her child. Postpartum Depression Definition Describing this depression Symptoms Moderate symptoms Severe symptoms Stages of the Symptoms Moderate Stages within Severe Stages within What are the reasons why it occurs? Reasons of occurrence * Is there any form of treatment? Conclusion Postpartum Depression Postpartum Depression is a form of depression which affects women during pregnancy but typically after the child is born. It is also called postnatal depression.
About 1.5 million American families are wanting to adopt a child. Therefore, there is no such thing as an unwanted child. For women who demand complete control of their body, control should include preventing the risk of unwanted pregnancy through the responsible use of contraception. If that is not possible, they could be responsible through abstinence. Minors or young women with insufficient life experience are usually the ones who result in abortion.
After being sent home from the emergency room and I had to send her back not even two hours later because something was wrong. My mom got admitted into St. Luke’s Hospital for Serotonin Syndrome. Serotonin Syndrome is a life threatening drug reaction that is caused from too much of the same medicine (which also means the body having too much Serotonin). Serotonin Syndrome was caused by the Emergency Department, not paying attention to her everyday medicine and giving her something she was already on. My mom’s health was all over the place.
Pregnancy imposes physical demands that are made worse by the physical conditions of incarceration, and studies of pregnancy outcome among women prisoners have shown high prenatal mortality and morbidity. Documented problems include high rates of fetal and neonatal death, intrauterine growth retardation, preterm labor and delivery, and conditions requiring admission to a neonatal intensive care. It does not appear that infant birth-weights differ significantly among incarcerated and non incarcerated women and seems to be positively influenced by length of time in prison. In addition, infants of inmates who deliver in prison are typically separated from their mother following delivery and placed in relative or foster care until completion of the mother's sentence. This situation interferes with bond of attachment between mother and child and can lead to serious developmental consequences for the child, as well as psychological stress for the