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QUESTION #1 Read the case below and answer the corresponding questions by applying the concepts to the case You must complete…
QUESTION #1 Read the case below and answer the corresponding questions by applying the concepts to the case You must complete the readings BEFORE responding to the questions (See text pgs. 28-34, AND Ch. 3). Use the reading from the textbook and at least one outside resource to support your answers.
Melinda- A woman struggling over an abortion decision
This case involves Melinda, a 25-year-old Latina who says she wants to have an abortion. She has been married for three years, already has two children, and says: “We had to get married because I was pregnant. We didn’t have money then. The second kid was not planned either. But now we really can’t afford another child.” Her husba

nd is a policeman going to law school at night. She works as a housekeeper and plans to return to school once her husband finishes his studies and it is “her turn.” He should graduate in another year, at which time she is scheduled to enroll in classes at the community college. Having another baby at this time would seriously hamper those arrangements in addition to imposing the previously mentioned financial burden. But the client reports:
“I go to call the clinic, and I just can’t seem to talk. I hang up the minute they answer. I just can’t seem to make the appointment for the abortion, let alone have one. I was never much of a Catholic, and I always thought you should be able to get an abortion if you wanted one. What’s wrong with me? And what am I going to do? I don’t exactly have a lot of time.”