Provisional proposition - Peter (3) - nurture persons first

Provisional proposition - Peter (3) - nurture persons first 

In the academic writing exercise that is part 5 of chapter 7 of Quest, "Medicine and Drugs: Addictive Substances," Pamela Hartmann asks us to answer one of the questions on pages 224 and 227 (2007).  

• I have chosen to answer the question:  
   What should be done about women who drink alcohol or take drugs when they are pregnant?  

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• My provisional proposition is: 
   Public health authorities should encourage women who are addicted to or have used significant amounts of drugs, especially alcohol, during early pregnancy to have an abortion. 

Briefly, I think this is one effective solution (there might be others) because:

• it is better for the continuing life of the mother
• it reduces the social problems of unmarried mothers
• it reduces crime and other social problems 
• it reduces children growing up in bad situations 
• it prevents a needlessly awful life being inflicted on a child 
• it saves the public money in ongoing health and other costs 
• although it kills a human being, it harms no person 

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Reference

Hartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.