Parental consent should be required for underage girls to receive and abortion 

Post different response to these questions,

Yes, parental consent should be required for underage girls to receive and abortion–No, parental consent should not be required for underage girls to receive an abortions

Material will be posted

1) Post two different responses/arguments to each of the debate topics (one for and one against). For example, you will post two different responses/arguments in support of requiring parental consent and two responses/arguments against requiring parental consent. This will require a total of 4 posts.

Required Outline – Preparing for the Debate: You will need to become familiar with and understand both positions since you will be arguing both sides of the debate.

To prepare you should: • Read about the topic. Your reading can and should consist of scholarly articles and articles in the popular media.

o Articles in the popular media can help in formulating and understanding both sides of the debate. o If you are going to cite any statistics, that data should come from reliable sources (e.g. CDC, NIH, peer reviewed research papers) not the popular media. • Read about, understand and be ready to argue both sides of the debate.

• Take notes to identify talking points and arguments on both sides of the debate.

• Write down any statistics that support arguments on both sides of the debate.

• Use your notes to prepare an outline for each side of the issue that you can use and refer to during the debate.

be marked based on 1) your prepared outline for each side of the debate* This will be assessed by demonstrating your: • Knowledge on the topic overall • Understanding of both sides of the issue
• Understanding of important aspects and arguments of both sides • Ability to respond to the opposing team and provide counter arguments • Use of data/evidence/research to support both sides of the issue.