Abortion
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Abortion Team
Adriana Ortiz
Mario Juarez
Sandro Vega
Edith Berumen
Yamel Hernandez
Jessica Olivarez
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Data Collection
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Total Number of Surveys: 160
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Number of Spanish Surveys: 19
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Age Range:
Under 13 years old 0%
Between 14 – 17 years old 2%
Between 18 -20 years old 39%
Between 21 -39 years old 47%
40 + years old 13%
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Who did we survey?
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53% women and 47%
men
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Ethnicity:
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Latino 70%
White 20%
Asian 4%
African American 2%
Other 6%
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Background
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Do you have children?
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1 Child 11%
2-3 Children 16%
4-6 Children 7%
7+ Children 0%
How many people live in your home?
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1-2 17%
3-4 45%
5-7 30%
8-10 2%
11+ 1%
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Are you a US citizen? 80%
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Did you vote in the
lastSemester
election?
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Background
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Survey subjects: 160 people
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Cabrillo College
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Communities surveyed
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Watsonville campus
Aptos campus
Watsonville
Santa Cruz
Additional Groups
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Family Members
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What is Abortion?
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Sandro Vega
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What is Abortion?
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the
induced removal of an embryo or fetus (that is
incapable of survival outside the body of the
women) which results in the death of the fetus.
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Project Goal
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To collect information from Watsonville
and Santa Cruz citizens regarding ethical
issues and impacts abortion has within our
community.
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Who is in need?
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Edith Berumen
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Who is in need?
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Individuals not educated in sexual
reproduction.
Individuals experimenting with sexual
relationships.
Students who drop out of school because
of unwanted pregnancy.
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Where do we find these people?
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Our community
Students at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville
and Aptos campuses
Local families
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What are the needs?
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Yamel Hernandez
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What are the needs?
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Question: At what stage of pregnancy can you get an abortion?
 48% one month
 42% three month
 6% six months
 4% at birth
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Identify high risk behaviors.
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Education about birth control methods.
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Parents should sit down and talk to their children about the
consequences of having sex.
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What are the results if we meet the
needs?
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The percentage of a pregnant teenagers
will decrease.
Teens will be more educated about the
risks of having an abortion.
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What are the consequences?
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Jessica Olivarez
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What are the consequences of not
meeting the needs?
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Question: If you had an abortion what prompted you to have the abortion?
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24% I was not prepared to raise a child.
4% I was in school.
2% I would be judged by others.
5% my family would not understand.
10% did not respond.
55% does not apply.
Pregnancies at a young age
Unwanted babies
More abortions
Risks for social diseases
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What are the moral issues?
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Abortion is an inalienable right. Abortion is not
a violation of any right, because there is no such
thing as the freedom to live (inside or outside) of
another human being.
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Isn't the fetus ‘life’, and thus has a right to life A
right is a moral sanction to freedom of action in
a social context.
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Questions and Choices
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Adriana Ortiz
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Questions and Choices
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If a woman chooses to have sex with a
man, and she becomes pregnant, then
doesn't a fetus have a right to be inside
her without her consent?
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Is abortion murder?
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Question: When does life start?
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66% at conception.
7% at 3 months.
3% at 6 moths.
17% at birth.
7% don’t know.
Some people believe abortion is murder, that a
fetus is a child and that the abortion procedure
constitutes termination of life.
Some believe abortion is not murder, that a fetus
is not yet a fully formed human but a potential
human being.
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Ethical Issue
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Mario Juarez
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Adriana Ortiz
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An ethical issue
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Each woman, man, couple, parent and
teen involved must make a personal
choice.
No one answer fits everybody.
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Three Solutions
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Solution 1 Provide information at schools and
within the community about the risks of
unprotected sex.
Solution 2 Support counseling for all segments
of the community so individuals can make
informed choices.
Solution3 Provide community support for
parents and young teens so they can make
informed choices.
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Solution one
Provide information at schools and within
the community about the risks of
unprotected sex.
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Develop programs to support sex
education within the community. Fund and
train community volunteers to work with
at risk youths.
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Solution two
Support counseling for all segments of
the community so individuals can make
informed choices.
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Provide information within the communities on
alternatives to abortion.
Develop in-depth and meaningful communications within
the community that reaches the high risk population.
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Solution three
Provide community support for parents and young
teens so they can make informed choices.
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Have community meetings so parents can learn
about abortion risks.
Explain to young women the risks and show the
abortion procedure so they can understand the
results before having sex.
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Resources
Sandro Vega
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Edith Berumen
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Community Resources
Santa Cruz Health Service Agency
Therapeutic Abortion resources
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Choice Abortion Clinics
in Santa Cruz
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Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz (831) 462-1224
Westside Health Center (831) 426-5550
Rota Care
(831) 662-3363
Women’s Health Center (831) 427-3500
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Choice Abortion Clinics in
Watsonville
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Planned parenthood
(831) 724-7525
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Salud Para la Gente
(831) 728-0222
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Choice Abortion Clinics in Salinas
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Salinas
(831) 462-1224
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Summary
No one decision may be just for everybody.
It is important to make an informed
decision.
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