Substance abuse can have devastating effects on both the mother and her unborn child (Effects of drug abuse on pregnant women). Currently there are no states that hold prenatal substance abuse as a criminal act of child abuse and neglect, but many have expanded their civil child warfare requirement to include substance abuse during pregnancy as grounds for terminating parental rights in neglect (American Pregnancy). Alabama is cracking down on substance abuse during pregnancy. Legislatures in Alabama have prosecuted women who expose their children to drugs while pregnant. The
Prison is a very stressful environment. That’s the type of place that a pregnant person should avoid. Instead of prosecuting the women and trying to place her in jail why not place her into a drug treatment facility where they specialize in the treatment and detoxification of pregnant women. A place where they can be safe and the baby in the womb and her can get the special treatment where they have a higher chance of surviving. A lot of times we place the sole blame on the pregnant woman who takes these drugs but what about the people who supply them with
Does Childhood Incest Impair Identity Formation in Women? Yvonne E. Fernandez Pacific Oaks College HD541-1P / Professor Greer-Jarman April 25, 2012 Abstract This paper reviews research on the long-term effects of child incest trauma in women to determine its impact on identity formation. When incest occurs during latency, the effects of the derailment of current and subsequent developmental stages reverberate through the life of the child, negatively impacting the identity and personality of the adult. In effect, the trauma of incest murders the adult the child would have become. This paper does not discuss treatments or other remedies.
A Character in Arrested Development Dr. Kathryn Rodriguez 3/18/2011 Human Growth and Development Amy Kathryn Simmons I watched a movie entitled “Dolores Claiborne” and intend to argue that the main character’s daughter, Selena St. George, is arrested in early adolescence, as well as a stage two moral development. Selena’s character is dually frozen due to multiple traumas. Selena’s basic story is as such: Her father died when she was 13 and her mother was accused of his murder but acquitted. We come to find later in the story that her father had been sexually abusing her for some period of time prior to his death. It is her abuse that accounts for the moral arrest and trauma of negative celebrity and the essential mental breakdown that followed cause her to arrest again, this time developmentally in an early adolescent mind set.
Atwood presents the female characters as being both oppressed and dehumanised through how their freedom being stripped from them. An example of this is how they are no longer allowed to smoke cigarettes due to the potential harm it can cause their pregnancy. Woman are protected in Gilead however this also means that they must submit to the state-sanctioned rape by their specific commanders. In chapter five Aunt Lydia states that “There is more than one kind of freedom… Freedom to and freedom from.” The freedom to that she is referring to is the ability to make a decision, an example of this is evident through how Offred is given a chance to escape by the doctor, however she immediately questions herself by thinking “why am I frightened?” This implies that she is so accustomed to being oppressed she is almost scared to take the chance of freedom that is being handed to her. This portrays a sense of dehumanisation in terms of female characters as freedom is regarded as a basic human right.
Pros and Cons of Instituting Legal Sanctions This paper will explore the different reasons and options surrounding the pros and cons of instituting legal sanctions against mothers who abuse alcohol and use illegal drugs during pregnancy. In society today it is debatable whether or not a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body during pregnancy. If a woman is using drugs while pregnant should the law be able to step in and tell her how to take care of her body? This paper will provide: information explaining the effects that substance abuse has on pregnant women, provide a view of both sides of a woman’s right to choose as well as provide an overview of laws and organizations that work to prevent fetal abuse. Women Right to Choose Who’s right is it to choose whether or not a child is aborted?
What advice would you give to Nestlé now in light of the new problem of HIV infection being spread via mothers’ milk? * Continue to promote breast feeding * Do research on how to reduce the risk of mother to child
Defence with necessity cannot be justified for murder and the defence has not proven to be very successful at this time. The defence of necessity has been recognised by civil courts one case is RE F 1990 mental patient sterilisation applied to sterilise a mentally handicapped young girl, who had formed a relationship with another patient her mother supported the application the solicitor acting on behalf of the girl believed the operation was illegal. The house of lords granted this application stating that it was lawful and necessary to do this on people who were unable to give consent. Necessity is where the defendant commits the act to prevent a more serious crime from happening and duress is where someone commits the act due to threats and threatening behaviour. Threatening to harm him or someone else is completely different from trying to prevent a bigger crime from happening by committing an act.
Discrimination is attached to the mentally ill and because of this they are denied the same equalities that others in society have. The mentally ill are blamed for their own misfortunes by the bias opinions that others place on them through interaction and the negative portrayal displayed in the media. The nurse must be a voice for the mentally ill and strive for a better way in which the mentally ill are perceived and treated. I agreed with the author, in that the health care professional’s attitudes towards drug users does affect how they approach and provide care to these individuals. Patients with a history of illicit drug use are seen as having a higher risk for simultaneous chronic drug related diseases.” Negative attitudes towards patients with a history of illicit drug use can adversely affect the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, resulting in suboptimal patient care”.
Maternal deprivation is where a child has an attachment bond with a caregiver but it is then taken away or disrupted. For example, if a child’s mother went to prison for murder and received a life sentence. On the other hand, maternal privation is where the child has never had a chance to form a meaningful bond with a caregiver, possibly due to death like the Koluchova twins. The first main long term consequence of maternal deprivation is the fact that it promotes a negative internal working model with relationships and so those who have experienced maternal deprivation may have problems with forming relationships with others later in life as they may not trust people due to the fact that they were let down by their first main caregiver. Moreover, they don’t value themselves as having been let down and thus, do not develop a positive internal working model for how relationships work and function.