Pilgrims on the Journey

       In this course, I learned about many different topics regarding love and sexuality. One  that stood out to me is abortion. I picked this topic for my newspaper and I learned many different views. I did not realize how many people have abortions around the world, the statistics in China were extremely shocking to me. In researching, I also learned that the issue of abortion itself is more about the right of a woman as oppose to the killing of a baby. After learning about this topic, I still do not understand why people believe that woman have a right to kill. This further developed my belief of anti-abortion.

      In addition, we also discussed the topic of cohabitation. I never realized thought about this as a topic before. I knew that church did not believe in it, but never knew why, except the obvious reasons. I know many people who have lived together, and it did not work out for them. After learning about this topic in VHS, I understand why people it may or may not work out for some people. This topic was interesting to me since I had never discussed it before.

IVF

After watching the dateline special on IVF, I learned much more about the treatment itself and its effects on other people. I know many people who have received IVF, and it has been very successful for them. Because of this, I was a little confused as to why the church is against; however, after watching this video, I understand why. A mistake like that can drastically affect many peoples live, like those two families. IVF takes away from the human part of creating a family, and makes it more like a science experiment. The financial aspect of the cost doesn't affect my opinion of the morality of the project, but it is still a downside to it. People can spend thousands of dollars on this treatment which is a huge financial burden for something that might not even be successful.

Abortion: Why isn't this a national outrage?

After reading the article about Kermit Gosnell, I think that it should be publicized much more. Before this class, I never heard about this scandal. I think that he is completely guilty and should go to jail. The fact that he kills babies right from the mother's womb is on outrage. These women were not treated well, and some of them even died because of the poor treatment that they were given. I think that the economical status of most of these women played a huge impact of the reaction of others. Because the women receiving these treatments were poor, many people did not show as much concern about their treatment.