When a child is born near the borderline of this limit, who makes the decision about neonatal care for the infant? ... The most decisive factor in deciding neonatal care is gestational age. ... A complete and accurate assessment of gestational age, and overall health of an infant, can only be determined at birth. ... Some parents may choose not to care for a child with developmental problems; other choose to care for the child, regardless of health. ... After all, a child's development and health cannot be accurately assessed until birth....

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Prenatal screening has become a routine part of a pregnant women's medical care since the early 1970s (Development of Prenatal). ... Even though prenatal care and ultrasounds are important to a woman's prregnancy, Gynecology is also a huge aspect to the pregnancy. Gynecology is the field of medicine dealing with the health of a woman's gential system ("Gynecology"). ... A primary goal of the gynecologist is to guide women through every change in their life and to ensure that their health will be retained throughout each stage ("Gynecology"). ... Some of the issues with h...

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Many of the initial issues begin before the children are even born; maternal health is a major reason and the leading factor for the high mortality rates now present. ... These countries do not have the proper medical care to ensure that the children have a healthy life. ... Women's health is not treated equally to men because of gender bias. ... Things that don't have to with medical need to be focused on as well it's said that "approximately 50% of the mortality reductions were due to improvements in the health sector, and the other 50% of the mortality reductions were du...

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Planned Parenthood is one of the nation's prominent providers of inexpensive health care for women, men, and young people, and the country's biggest provider of sex education ("Planned Parenthood at a Glance," 2014). ... The Hyde Amendment, which was enacted in 1976, is a governmental establishment that prevents certain federal funds from going towards abortion-related services ("Public Health Care Funding: The Battle Over Planned Parenthood"). ... Some individuals supported the defunding, expressing that other medical facilities are just as qualified as Planne...

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The child then also suffers from not having the full parental support and attention since the parent is either unfit or unable to provide this care. ... Most States in which abortion is illegal, they as well do not offer proper reproductive healthcare and prenatal care facilities that can be accessible to all social classes. The lack of reproductive healthcare, prenatal care and advisement lead to the same concurring issue of an over produced number of unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. ... The standing the United States has on abortion is one that is not fully pro-choice or pro-life, accordin...

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Female inmates who are pregnant are at risk from health issue to their baby's health in prison. ... Either way this is a health risk to both the women and the baby which now it can link to murder whether it is one or the other. ... Hand cuffing pregnant inmates is cruel and should not be a procedure, they should not be denied from health services but have the care that they need in prison. ... Prisons are not meant to take care of the sick like a hospital and give treatment to inmates but punish them for their crime. ... It is cruel if a female is carrying a child not to give her treatm...

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Many of these health risks are due to inadequate prenatal care and support, rather than physical immaturity. ... This is mainly due to late prenatal care (if any) and poor nutrition. ... Infants born to teenage parents are at high risk of prematurity, fragile health, the needs for intensive care, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and mental retardation (Johnson, 1995). Low birth weight is the most immediate health problem. ... Young, teen mothers need health care for themselves as well as the children. ...

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Planned Parenthood is a government funded company that provides health services to those who, for a multitude of reasons like extreme family circumstances, a lack of money, etc., and cannot receive them. ... There list of services is so broad that according to plannedparenthood.org, "One in five American women has chosen Planned Parenthood for health care at least once in her life.... The body itself is a focus of their efforts, but the mind is also on the list of things to take care of. ... With 700 centers around the country they provide healthcare to citizens of all ages, nationality o...

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The final indicator is usually the most detrimental to the health of the affected child: CNS involvement. ... (between "87 and "97) that were reported to the State Health Department (Burd, 1997).. ... Given this, it may be helpful for the health care provider to inquire about the woman's previous drinking patterns in order to get a better picture as to whether there is the potential for a problem. An interesting tool that I came across was the T-Ace, which was developed to help health care workers identify pregnant women with alcohol abuse problems (CDC,1996). ... It also discussed co...

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It has created a financial burden of seven billion dollars in lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, foster care and the criminal justice system, (Harris 20). and this does not include the money spent annually on prevention methods. ... Many of these risks are due to inadequate prenatal care and support. ... Poor eating habits smoking, alcohol and drugs increase the risk of having a baby with health problems. The younger the teenage mother is, the higher the chances are that she and her baby will have health problems. ... It may become worse for a teenage mother because s...

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The women sworn role in India, is cooking for her family and taking care of the entire house hold chores. ... Health in India is a big issue being dealt with as we speak. ... Another reason for keeping the surrogates in the housing is to monitor their health and the baby's health. ... The surrogates and the child are fully taking care of. ... Unlike in The United States, India cares for their surrogates. ...

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Most get to see their children only on weekends, seldom or never because within hours of delivery, they"re newborn infant will be removed from their care and placed with relatives or foster parents. ... These early years of life are very important developmental stages for a child, often determining their future health and developmental potential. ... (Acoca & Austin, 1996) Finally women's correctional institutions do not assist these women to take charge of and improve their reproductive health. ... This contributes to making family planning the least recognized aspect of pregnant ...

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According to the Guttmacher Institute's Facts on American Teen's Sexual and Reproductive Health it is stated that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, an astonishingly high percentage which accounts for around one fifth of the unplanned pregnancies each year. ... Abstinence-only programs are not effective because they do not provide information and help about safer sex, the benefits of contraception, legal rights to health care, and ways to access reproductive health services (Advocates for Youth 1). ... The NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation states that teens must have acc...

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Commonly, there is continued difficulty with the legal and mental health systems. ... Individuals who are diagnosed early have more positive outcomes that those who are not (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012). ... To prevent the secondary conditions associated with FAS, support from family and the community is imperative (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012) . ... The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI), created in 2004, is a care coordination program to promote permanency for substance-exposed infants by addressing ...

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I feel that endangerment to the life( not health) of the mother is the only real reason abortions should be allowed. ... Through the years it has grown into a multi billion dollar industry that promotes abortion sales through Women's Health Care. ... In 1973 the court decision said that a woman could have an abortion if her health was endangered by the pregnancy. The court went on to define health to mean her well-being which meant that she could have an abortion if she was mentally or physically upset by the pregnancy. ... Pro-choice people often accuse the pro-life people of not carin...

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Due to an extremely loose interpretation of "mental health," California also had defact abortion-on-demand. ... Reproductive Health Services is handed down by Supreme Court Allowing states to place increased restrictions on women's access to abortion. ... In 1994, President Clinton signed Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) making it a federal crime to interfere with the provision of reproductive health care. ... During the second trimester, a state could impose restriction intended to safeguard the mother's health. ... In some causes, the parent is unable to take care o...

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When the teens get pregnant they tend go on welfare because they know that the system would take care of them and their child. ... A study released in May of 1997, by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. ... Education and caring adults make a difference. ... My personal belief is that we as a society, must solve this problem, not just because it is human to care for children and their children, but it is proper and morally right to save our society. ... She knew that she could get pregnant, but she didn't care. ...

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Lisa understands that having the baby would imply tough time, but she also realizes that she's still young and has a lot of school left to take care of. ... They continue to send the message to women that they should feel guilt or remorse for making their own personal reproductive health care decisions. ... Abortion is a personal decision that should be made by women who are pregnant and if in an institution of marriage, the couple can discuss this issue and find out if they are or are not ready for the big challenges that come along with taking care and raising a child. ... Ultimately...

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Religious beliefs, politics, incident of pregnancy, support, economy, long term consequences, such as regrets and depression, being able to take responsibility, and health issues are major factors that must be taken in consideration before resulting to abortion. ... In many cases there is no time for the parent(s) to take care of the new born child as in countries such as the U.K. and the USA, parent(s) do not have sickleave to stay home with their newborn. ... For the remaining 38% of the world's population, abortion may be prohibited altogether or permitted only to protect a woman...

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It impacts the family, education system, health system and social services in general, as well as individual losses. ... Pediatricians and other health professionals caring for women and their newborns should increase their own awareness and that of their patients about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and its" prevention. ... The American Academy of Pediatrics supports federal legislation that would require the inclusion of health-and-safety messages in all print and broadcast alcohol advertisements, based on the US Surgeon General's warning: "Drinking during pregnancy may cause mental reta...

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Some women have abortions because of health complications, some have marital problems, and some lack responsibility. ... A woman can only abort a fetus in the third trimester if it poses a direct threat to the health and well being of the woman (189 Tribe). ... If a woman cannot choose an abortion she must take a leave of absence from her daily life in order to have a child and take care of it. ... Since having and caring for a child is an expensive procedure, poor women may be forced into welfare. ... Women who do not give their children up for adoption must constantly care and provide for th...

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In Studies in Family Planning Ruth Roemer states that "the serious health and social consequences of adolescent pregnancy call for the examination of the laws that affect adolescents" access to contraception and abortion. ... In the United States there is a constant awareness which is at times very keen and at other time rather obscured about the belief that the mental and physical health of the mother and child are at particular risk when the mother is an adolescent. ... In health care, the central concern has been to transform woman from a passive, compliant patient into an equal, if not s...

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These are the desperate measures that women turn to when they feel they have no other solution and these illegal and unsafe procedures often result in long term health issues and even death in many cases. ... Pro life activists also would prefer that the mother keep the child, despite having financial or health problems. ... The results of a survey from Brown Deer High School shows that 50% of the surveyors thought the mother should be obligated to take care of their child no matter what her living situation is (Her). ... These reasons can include congenital disorders, health hazards to th...

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Despite the elimination of traditional reasons for abortion in cases of heart disease, some kidney disorders, tuberculosis, and some neuralgic diseases, a woman and physician may still be aware of the difficulty of caring for a child attendant threats to her health, these medical reasons for abortion have arisen (Sarvis 71). ... Those include instances when giving birth would endanger the woman's health, the fetus is irreparably damaged or the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest. ... There are clinics that advertise in Spanish-language newspapers and neighborhood weeklies, pay kickbac...

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Without birth control more and more young girls especially and women will continue to have babies that they are more than likely not able to care for. ... Continuous Abstinence: no sex play Pros-no cost, prevents 100% of not getting pregnant or any STD's, no medical or hormonal side effects Cons-none Outercourse: sex play without vaginal intercourse Pros-nearly 100% effective, no medical or hormonal side effects, may prolong sex play and enhance orgasm, can be used when nothing else is available Cons- difficult for people to abstain from vaginal intercourse for long periods, pregna...

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