COMMUNICATIONS & PERSUASION - ABORTION

Communications and Persuasion - In Abortion



Communications and Persuasion - In Abortion

Introduction

It is not a big surprise to many to discover that youths as young as fourteen have shown involvement in premarital sex in these past few years, considering that it has almost become a norm in the modern society. According to the Asia News Network, every day that goes by shows four teenagers aborting their fetuses', another two giving birth and an additional two learning that they are suffering from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Background

Based on research carried out in the last five years, approximately 1500 teenagers underwent abortions, 840 of them gave birth and more than 600 of them were diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases every year, indicating the large number of teenagers which had sex. Action for Aids organized a survey in the year 2004, of which the results showed that one out of four unmarried teenagers had already had sexual intercourse. Moreover, a shocking 80 percent of American college students who were surveyed in the year 2005 reported that they were involved in premarital sex. On a Monday morning, about two years ago, a boy named Joseph woke up and got ready for school just like any other day, but little did he know his life was about to change. (Arnett, et. al. 2007) That day while he was at school he saw his girlfriend Jennifer like he did every other day, this time she had a strange look on her face and said, "Joseph we need to talk after school." So, two o'clock came around and the bell rang for school to let out. Joseph went and found Jennifer so they could walk home together and talk. As they started to walk Jennifer said, "I think we should sit down to talk." As they sat down Jennifer began to cry and put her hands on her face. Joseph asked, "What's wrong baby." She responded, "I'm pregnant." She told him that she wanted to keep the baby, but he didn't want to. He did not want to have a kid at sixteen and ruin his life but there was nothing he could do because only a woman can choose to have an abortion. So he finally decided to agree with her since she was going to have the baby either way. So he went to talk to her about what they were going to do once the baby was born, but she said she was going to make all the decisions about the baby without him. Now she would get to decide whether to keep the baby after it was born or put it up for adoption and Joseph once again could not do anything. Teenage abortion patients below 17 years of age endured a tremendous deterioration of their psychological and social health when they were observed half a year later following the abortion. 80 percent of these patients felt self-hatred and did not see the point of living, thus abusing themselves with ...