“Specific Page Title or Article Title” | Abortion |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) | Suzanne R Trupin |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) | emedicinehealth: experts for everyday emergencies |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) | WebMD |
Date Page was Last Revised | February 3, 2012 |
Date You Read It | February 3, 2012 |
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): |
Many women receive abortions every year, "nearly 1.2 million American women have an abortion to end a pregnancy", there are many different reasons for abortion, including "birth control failure... inability to support or care for child... prevent the birth of a child with birth defects or serious medical problems... pregnancy resulting from rape or incest" (Suzanne R Trupin). |
In order to receive an abortion, one must take a physical exam to take "your vital signs, such as blood pressure and heart rate". The doctor must also perform "a pelvic exam to determine the size and shape of your uterus. The size of the uterus can help estimate the number of weeks you are pregnant... also allows your doctor to check the ovaries and fallopian tubes for a possible tubal pregnancy"(Suzanne R Trupin). |
Different states have different laws concerning what age a child may get an abortion, "In some states, women yougner than 18 will need a parent's permission", or minors can receive a "court order that will allow an abortion without parent's consent" (Suzanne R Trupin). |
Two methods can be used to receive an abortion, for the first nine weeks of pregnancy a woman can get a "Medical abortion" which consists of "the use of medicines to end a pregnancy... A typical treatment schedule for a medical abortion usually requires at least two visits to your doctor over several weeks... Vaginal bleeding may last about 14 days" (Susanne R Trupin). |
The second method that may be used for an abortion is a "surgical abortion" which "ends a pregnancy by surgically removing the contents of the uterus". Prior to a surgical abortion, the patient needs to undergo a "physical exam and lab tests" (Susanne R Trupin). |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This article is a basic informative article on abortions. It covers the topic in general and is written by Susanne Trupin, who has experience in the medical field. The article includes statistics, basic information about types of abortions, how long you can wait before it is too late to have an abortion and more.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author is Susanne Trupin, an MD that graduated from Stanford University and is a trained and certified gynecologist. She works at the University of Illinois. The purpose of the site is to inform people about abortions and it is funded by e medicine health.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
It is simply informative.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
No I do not think the article has any bias.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
She does cite a few sources, but I do not think they have any bias either. So I do not think it takes away any credibility.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use it for my powerpoint mostly. It can give a lot of background information on abortions, I can begin by stating statistics and general facts about abortions which this article contains a lot of.
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