Exercise 2.1: Finding the Questions


1.Is the morning after pill ethical?


In the space below, write the title of your tentative topic (e.g. Internet addiction)



2.I think it allows sexually active women to become careless by having unprotected sex and know that they can go to a clinic, pop a pill and have nothing to worry about.


Briefly state why you chose this topic.



3.If taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex it can be 76% to 99% effective in cancelling a pregnancy.
It is free at most clinic's for women out of work or in school.



Spend about five minutes listing what you already know (if anything) about your topic. For
example, are you aware of any interesting facts, common misconceptions, your own
assumptions, important people or institutions involved, key schools of thought, the extent of
the problem, current trends, etc.?



4.What are the long term effects of this drug?

Is it any different than abortion?

Does it affect you're chances to have children later?

Are there any limitation on how many times you can take the pill? If so, how would they track it?

If uneffective does it cause birth defects?

How does it work in the body?

What is in it that makes it do what it does?

Are there any cases when it won't be given?

What is the medical name for the pill?



Now spend at least fifteen minutes brainstorming a list of questions about your topic you’d
love to learn the answers to. Make this list as long as you can, and don’t worry whether every
question is a good one.



5.


If you’re working in a computer lab (or generating hard copies of the exercise), your instructor
may ask you to comment on other students’ responses to Steps 1-4. Focus particularly on
what your classmates did in the fourth step. For each you view, do two things: add a question
you would like answered about the student’s topic, and mark the question you find most
intriguing.




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