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HLED 4 – Assignment #1

Reproductive Healthcare in the Time of COVID-19

(25 points)

Due Date:  Sunday 9/26/21 by 11:59pm

Purpose:  The purpose of this assignment is to engage you in critical reflection regarding the impact of COVID-19 on women’s sexual and reproductive rights and healthcare around the world. 

Skills: This assignment will help you gain the following skills that are essential to your success in class:

Demonstrate critical thinking when providing a viewpoint and personal perspective.

Knowledge: This assignment will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the discipline:

Challenges to reproductive healthcare in the United States and globally

Task:
Select one of the following articles written by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute, a leading policy research organization in the field of sexual and reproductive health. The first two articles discuss the impact of COVID-19 on reproductive healthcare. The third article is a policy analysis of the recently enacted law in Texas. Remember, you only need to discuss ONE article, though you may discuss more than one if you like.

https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2020/04/crisis-horizon-devastating-losses-global-reproductive-health-are-possible-due-covid (Links to an external site.)

https://www.guttmacher.org/report/early-impacts-covid-19-pandemic-findings-2020-guttmacher-survey-reproductive-health (Links to an external site.)

https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2021/08/impact-…

Answer the following questions in a (minimum) 450 word (1.5 page) response. Please number your answers and use 12-point font, double-spaced.

Briefly summarize the article’s main points in your own words. (150-word minimum)

How does this topic relate to readings from our textbook thus far? Include a minimum of two (2) citations* (quotes or paraphrased material) from our textbook (Chapters 1-5) to demonstrate a connection between your article and the text. (200-word minimum)

Briefly discuss any question(s) provoked by the article or issue(s) that you feel need to be researched further. (100-word minimum)

Please refer to the information on LBCC’s Academic Honesty (Links to an external site.) (pages 13-15) and type out the following statement: “I (list your name here) have read, understand, and agree to abide by the Academic Honesty policy as referenced in HLED-4 Women’s Health issues. I have also read and understand the course syllabus.”

*Note: You do not need to include a Works Cited page. For each citation, please include the author’s last name and the page number from our textbook – for example (Alexander, p. 43).