Kids growing up who know their mother and father will never know the struggle that some kids go through that don’t. Some kids grow up never knowing who their real father is. Many parents face the decision on if they should tell their child that they have a sperm donor as a father (Provoost). Veerle Provoost interviewed many couples and children asking how they felt about the sperm donor and if they call him their child’s father or even if they have told their children who their real father is. Veerle Provoost tries to persuade the audience through her support, confidence and word choice that even though some families use sperm donation that doesn’t mean that their family is broken up or different. Provoost did a superb job during her speech on giving support on her research that she performed. …show more content…
She interviewed couples who received fertility treatment from Kent University Hospital (Provoost). She interviewed families with a father who did not have good quality sperm, lesbian couples and the children of those families. When interviewing the children she wanted to know how those children defined concept like parenthood and family (Provoost). She drew and apple tree to make them feel more comfortable. She starts off with an empty apple tree and she asked them to fill in the tree as if their family was apples. They would take a paper apple for every family member and put a name on it. She would then ask questions proving that most of the kids knew about their father and were thankful for them and put the donor on the trunk. This is because the donor formed the family and without him they would not be here. This is not the only thing that was a great part of her speech another one would be her
In kilner’s case study “Having a baby the new-fashioned way”, present a story that can be relatable to a lot of families struggling to have a child. This is a dilemma that can be controversial and ethical in own sense. The couple that were discussed in the case study were Betty and Tom. Betty and Tom who are both in their early forties who have struggled to bear children. Dr. Ralph Linstra from Liberty University believes that “Fertility can be taken for granted”. Dr. Ralph talks about how many couples who are marriage may run into an issue of bearing a child and turn to “medical science” to fix the issue. He discusses that “God is author of life and he can open and close the womb”. That in it’s self presents how powerful God.
Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, delivered The Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, in Oslo on December 10, 1986. He started his speech off by reciting the following prayer: "Barukh atah Adonai …shehekhyanu vekiymanu vehigianu lazman hazeh"—"Blessed be Thou…for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this day." Then, after his speech, the people thanked him for everything he had done to help humankind make peace. With a profound sense of humility, he accepted this honor.
Atlanta Compromise - The Atlanta Compromise was a speech delivered by Booker T. Washington in 1895, on the topic that both Blacks and Whites both need to come to the realization that they both needed each other and need to act in a manner that allows them to peacefully and equally live together. The message from Washington mainly targeted both black and white southerners. Washington believed that blacks in the south should be satisfied with their current situation and that their continued hard work would eventually lead to increasing respect from whites in the south.
The advancement and continued developments of third-party assisted reproductive medical practices has allowed many prospective parents, regardless of their marital status, age, or sexual orientation, to have a new opportunity for genetically or biologically connected children. With these developments come a number of rather complex ethical issues and ongoing discussions regarding assisted reproduction within our society today. These issues include the use of reproductive drugs, gestational services such as surrogacy as well as the rights of those seeking these drugs and services and the responsibilities of the professionals who offer and practice these services.
She employs an appeal to pathos when she addresses the point that older parents will die earlier in their children’s live than a younger parent, “what haunts me is the actuarial risk I run of dying before my children are ready to face the world” (Shulevitz 12). With the added statistic presented in her argument that the loss of the mother at early age is connected to the decline in physical health of the mother’s child, this information evokes the emotion of sympathy among the audience; grasping at the audience’s imagination of not being able to help their own children. Judith Shulevitz also appeals to pathos when describing the process taken just to conceive a viable embryo. As Shulevitz describes being told by the doctor to wait a few months, her husband and her submitting to fertility tests, and having to inject herself with the drug Clomid five days a month, the audience is inquired to feel sympathetic. The audience is exposed to the arduous tasks faced by not only Mrs. Shulevitz family, but also many other families experiencing parenthood later in life. This shows one the complicated nature of the fertility
Fatherless has been one of the most important challenges and epidemics in our generation. The effects of growing up...
The individual I interviewed is Dan Rach, he is one of my co-workers. He was born on November 19, 1942. Dan is the second born in his family out of five children. Unfortunately three of his siblings died shortly after they were born. His oldest brother is six years older than him and his sister is six years younger than him. Dan was raised in a typical Irish Catholic Family in a typical Irish neighborhood, on the south side of Chicago. His father was a businessman, and his mother was a stay at home mom. At age forty-two Dan’s father died leaving his mother at time age thirty-six, to raise the children and provide support. His mother immediately had to start taking classes in order to continue selling insurance.
Tach, Laura, Mincy Ronald and Kathryn Edin. Parenting as a "Package Deal": Relationships, Fertility, and Nonresident Father. 2010. Web. 11 March 2014 .
For this assignment, I chose to write about Virginia’s newly elected state representative, Danica Roem. On November seventh of this year, Roem defeated a thirteen-term incumbent, Robert G. Marshall, and became one of the nation’s first openly transgender elected officials. (Washington Post, 2017). This is not only a monumental achievement for the LGBT community because Roem is a transgender woman, but it is also an epic win because her opponent is a self-proclaimed homophobe, and was responsible for the “bathroom bill” that died in committee earlier this year. (Washington Post, 2017). In her speech that she made on Tuesday evening, Roem attacked her opponents’ stance on LGBT issues by stating, “discrimination is a disqualifier.” (Washington Post, 2017). She went on to discuss how she plans to celebrate the individual personalities of those whom she would be serving in the thirteenth district, and how she
Imagine living during the 1960’s when the nation was divided by segregation. The only way to express your ideas, beliefs, and thoughts during that time was through words. Famous Civil Rights activists such as, Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., inspired many with his wise words and empowering speeches. Times when many felt unheard or invisible, words were there as tranquilness and an ataraxia. Words have the power to provoke, calm, or inspire by motivating others to take action in what they believe in.
Discuss how any two of the myths of motherhood in the textbook/lecture support or refute what is being discussed in this interview?
Same-sex couples can become parents through means of former relationships, co-parenting, surrogacy, adoption, and donor insemination, although major legal discrimination continues to challenge this process for families. The difficulty faced by many of these couples to have children oftentimes results in even more nurturing environments. This variance in route to parenthood can make same-sex couples that are having children more motivated to be doing so. “Planned families reflect the desire of sexual minorities to have children outside of heteronormative circumstances” (Moore 2013:495). Non-heterosexual parents on average have stronger relationships with their children th...
Most young people envision their future in the realm of getting married and creating a family. One of the most devastating things that can happen to a young couple is to be told they cannot have children. There are several options the couple can pursue, and one of those options available is surrogacy. Society today is torn on whether or not surrogacy should be legal in today’s world. Surrogacy is very controversial for many people around the world, and opinions are strong on the subject. Surrogacy is defined as the utilization of a third party female in order for a infertile family to create a biological child for their family. Legalized surrogacy is important to many couples as an option of creating the family they have always dreamed
According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2012, 24 million children in America, one out of every three, live without their biological father in the home (Sanders, 2013). Not every father is ready for fatherhood but there are several programs and organizations across the country that can help in building a healthy father/child relationship. Just having the support of other fathers, that were not ready for the birth of their child, would go along way in building the confidence a new father will need. I am proposing that Metro Health District implement 2 fatherhood initiative programs for new, young, and older fathers that are new to fatherhood, looking for more information on the topic, or the support of being a father. I thin...
Callahan begins his argument with the discussion of what it means to be a father biologically and morally. He relates these two terms by saying, “Human beings bear a moral responsibility for those voluntary acts that have an impact on the lives of others; they are morally accountable for those acts” (Callahan, 99). Callahan feels that voluntary sexual activity, and by extension voluntary sperm donation, falls under this category. This logic holds true to the entire argument and strengthens his case against the minimization of the father’s role in parenthood. It is based on the very concrete fact that if the man did not give his sperm, the child would not exist. This is a very simple, but very strong argument. Callahan then furthers his case on the morality of sperm donation by saying that even if the child grows up in foster care, if that foster father were to be unfit, the biological father would have a moral obligation for the child.