A Study in Taichung City of Senior High School Students’ Bioethical Attitude toward the Issues of Abortion and Surrogate Mother

• Main Authors: Hsiang-ling Chang, 張湘淩
• Other Authors: Ming-Chang Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62445170442045604578

碩士 === 南華大學 === 生死學研究所 === 91 === 　　The purpose of this study intends to understand the attitude of senior high school students toward abortion as well as surrogate mother in the bioethical attitude. It also 　investigates the difference in each variable of backgrounds toward abortion as well as surrogate mother in bioethics. 　　 　　The study applies the approach of questionnaire, using “questionnaire ” for senior high school students' attitude toward bioethics written and revised by myself. The main group of objects of this study consists of eighteen senior high schools, private and public, in Taichung city. Under the method of classified random sampling, I picked one thousand students as the study samples. The retrieving rate is 100 percent. The material is analyzed through statistical approaches such as T test, one way ANOVA, and Scheffe’ posterior comparison. 　　 　　The conclusion of this study can be concluded as follows: First of all, the main resources of information for the abortion of senior high school students in Taichung city are: presented in order, TV, teachers, books and magazines. Whereas for substitute mother are TV, books and magazines, and teachers. Secondly, the consultants for senior high school students to talk about abortion or surrogate mother are classmates or friends, and the parents, and then the teachers in order. The perspective of senior high school students toward abortion or surrogate mother is mainly influenced by their own conscience. Thirdly, students of senior high school tend to disapprove the attitude toward the issue of abortion about bioethics. 　　 　　The most unflavored conditions to abortion are: the sex of babies is not expected, being pregnant for more than four months. Nevertheless, the most acceptable conditions to abortion are: pregnant for being raped or incest, the babies being lopsided, and life threat from being pregnant to the mother’s health. If the female subjects become pregnant during the process of schooling, there are fifty-nine percent of students who choose abortion. Thirty-three percent of the male subjects, on the contrary would hope his girl friends to practice abortion during schooling. The major consultants of discussing abortion are classmates or friends, according to the friends who have practiced abortion. Next, the attitude toward abortion in bioethics variables are on the report of different kinds of schools, believes in religion, sexual experience, the occupation of the father, the educational background of parents, the conditions of getting along with parents, the main resources of abortive information. 　　　 　　Students keep a neutral attitude toward the issue of surrogate mother in bioethics. The most tolerable reason as a surrogate mother is “being without womb inherently or after operation." The least tolerable reason as a surrogate mother is “being with a normal womb but unwilling to become pregnant.” There are fifty-six male subjects disagree with “practicing surrogate mother in order to make money because of the financial difficulties of their own sisters”. Also, there are seventy-two percent of female subjects disagree with “practicing surrogate mother in order to money for the personal financial difficulties." Finally, over half of the subjects agree that the consigning parents shouldn’t know the surrogate mother. In addition, there are sixty-seven percent for the idea that the mother of the consigning parents should be the legal mother of the baby. However, there are eighteen percent for the surrogate mother. In conclusion, the attitude toward the issue of surrogate mother in bioethics variables are according to the conditions of sex, schools, and the background of parents’ education.