Carlatan, City of San Fernando

College of Nursing

HEALTH CARE ETHICS( NCM 108)

FIRST SEMESTER SY 2020-2021
MIDTERM - CONTRACEPTION

CASE SCENARIO
Setting: Inside a Family Planning Clinic
Background: Accompanied by her parents, a 16-year-old girl visits.
Conversation: Mother: Doc our daughter has engaged in premarital sex at times. We fear she
may get pregnant at a very premature age and become uninterested to finish her studies. Besides,
her boyfriend is still so young and irresponsible. And we do not want our daughter to have a ruined
future. Please give her contraceptives. This is better than abortion.
Question: Does early age justify the use of contraceptive methods? What should a doctor,
equipped with moral principles do about the situation? What could be the response of the health
care practitioner?
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 When we say contraception is morally wrong. Where in itself does the evil of contraception
reside?
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