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2 Response Assignment

We discussed the Research Proposal today and examined what would work for a research
topic. You'll be working with the topic you choose for the rest of the semester, so it's important
to find one that you're interested in learning more about and that you can be open-minded
about. It's also important to make sure that you have a topic that you'll be able to find sources
about in the MCC library. You'll be required to find most of your sources there once we begin
researching.

1. To begin, list three ideas or topics you think would work. List your ideas in the
submission.
2. Now, go to Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, or another
source listed under Current Events on the MCC library site. (Go to Find E-
Resources, then to Current Events)
3. Look up each topic you listed and see what kinds of results come up.
4. Now, answer the following questions:
○ Do any of the topics seem to be too broad in terms of your idea or in
terms of how many sources come up with a simple search? Explain.

I find pharamacial and abortions too broad a topic because pharamacists don’t
have enough information of contraceptives (pros and cons, the dosage, the
reason of having it, etc) but with abortion, it feels forced where the girl couldn’t
make the decision to get the procedure done whereas these questions raises:
does her insurance cover it or no, does she want to keep the baby or live a
normal and happy life? In my opinion, I feel going to a doctor is necessary
because not only she can trust her own judgment but the doctor’s suggestions
but they have medical knowledge but options as to which form of birth control
she wants to take (pill, implant, vaginal rings, and shot) but someone safe to go
to when they have questions and or concerns. As far as abortions, for example,
Abby Johnson, an activist for Planned Parenthood, worked for the company
hopefully to be a counselor and a provider for her clients but came to find out she
is only going to do suction abortions at thirteen weeks gestation which made her
question her beliefs and her career. Along with her career, she had her own
experiences with abortion (in college and marriage which led to a divorce)
whereas she wanted to live life in her own terms but her community and parents
disapproved of her career along with her religious background (didn’t believe in it
until she started sharing her story). After she quit her job, Abby was shunned
from her community whereas they questioned her morals and her identity of who
she is as an individual.

○ Do any of the topics make you curious or excited to learn more? Which
ones? If not, how could you adapt to something with more potential?

I am excited to learn about teen pregnancy and lack of sex education because it
was hardly talked about with society (judgment, beliefs, what is my story, how
can I tell my story, how was I raised?) but hardly any sex talk with teenagers
whereas they are figuring out their own identity or who their attracted to but
sometimes don’t want to hear it. In this argument, people say having a birth
control method only lowers teenage pregnancy whereas it leads us to these
questions: what else can lower teenage pregnancy, what examples and lessons
can we learn, what supplies should we offer teenagers in schools and doctor’s
offices? Society tends to forget there are great impacts and not so great impacts
with teenage pregnancy but each girl’s life and identity is going to change along
with her health and how to provide a better life for her baby but tend to forget
there are some great partners or boyfriends that step up and want to play a role
of dad. Within that potential, just share stories but how can each girl get
educated on birth control but why pregnancy is bad for their age? Along with this
topic, I’m excited about the benefits and insurance each girl should get because
each girl has a right to a job, schooling and help of payments of her car, diapers,
wipes, etc but attend a program that is going to help her with whatever she needs
help with but provide shelter in case something happens.

○ Which topics are you leaning toward? Why?

I am leaning towards all of those topics (teenage pregnancy, sex education, and
birth) because it is important to have the resources, education and the support
each girl needs but someone to lean on to if she gets kicked out or gets
abandoned by her family. In my family, I have three generations of teen mothers
where each of them (aunt, grandma, and cousin) have their own experiences but
how they were treated throughout their pregnancies and if they had a supportive
family but how it impacted their lives: does it make me take responsibility more or
does it go down towards a downward spiral? I feel providing examples from TV
shows and magazines can help a teenage girl figure out her choice but make it a
conversation topic if she wants kids or doesn’t want kids. Without those
resources and an education, the girl will start to feel stuck and make herself
question how her life is going but how can she do it differently but how can she
be an example to her daughter, niece, sister, cousin, etc. In conclusion, it raises
another question; does teenage pregnancy glorify their life (psychologically,
emotionally, economically, etc?)