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Created: September 8, 2002
Latest Update: September 8, 2002
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Story of an Abortion
Read for Illocutionary Force

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1. Preparatory readings for module.

   • Story of an Abortion
   • Study Notes on Maria Pia Lara's Introduction to Moral Textures
   • Foreword to Social Justice, Criminal Justice, by Thomas Bernard, at p. xi.
   • A Summary of Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development Copyright 2000 by Robert N. Barger, Ph.D. University of Notre Dame. Backup

2. Discussion questions.

   1. If you read to understand this young woman's thoughts and needs, you should be able to come up with some reasonable responses to the following questions:

      1. Was she sensitive and caring and full of esteem for others at the time she became pregnant?

         Consider that this may be a trick question in that what she says of herself may not reflect the truth as others may have seen it. You must try to piece together all the facts.

      2. Some who oppose abortion for young people, and she was only 15 at the time, compare abortion to murder, a crime. And today young people are being prosecuted as adults?

         Consider what critical criminologists considering social justice would say about designating this abortion as a crime.

3. Experiential activities related to module.

4. Self-test questions related to module.

   True or False? And explain briefly why it's true or false. (25 words or less)

5. Conceptual linking we had in mind as we prepared the module.