Topic Proposal for Oral Presentation

Topic 1: Abortion in Bhutan

Agendas of presentation:
1. Background information about abortion
 Definition
 Types or method of abortion
 Health effects
2. Factors influencing Bhutanese women seeking abortion
 Teenage pregnancy
 Rape
 Incest
 Woman’s mental health
3. Abortion law and it’s degree of crime in Bhutan
 Abortion law
 When is it considered legal?
 When is it illegal?
 Severity of crime
4. Health support and sensitization done by the government of Bhutan
 Health support for women if she had done abortion, or has to abort due to
certain legal condition
 How are people sensitized?

First presenter will explain:

 Definition of abortion
 Different types of abortion
 Safe and unsafe abortion
 Method of abortion Bhutanese women seek and it’s safety
 Statistic of Bhutanese women seeking abortion

Second presenter will explain:

 Factor influencing Bhutanese women seeking abortion: teenage pregnancy, rape,
incest and woman’s mental health.
 Method of abortion done by Bhutanese women
 How reliable is the method, safe or unsafe

Third presenter will explain:

 Abortion law in Bhutan
  Legal conditions for abortion
 Illegal abortion
 Degree of crime and penalty

Fourth presenter will explain:

 Health services for women seeking abortion due to legal circumstances
 Sensitization program to prevent unsafe abortion

Outcome of the presentation:

Our group would like to present this topic to sensitize individual about abortion in Bhutan.

Topic 2: Factors Influencing Bhutanese women to seek illegal abortion and

its penalty.

Agendas of presentation:
1. Background information about abortion
 Definition
 Safe and unsafe abortion
 Abortion law in Bhutan
2. Different factors influencing Bhutanese women seeking illegal abortion
 Teenage pregnancy
 Alcohol and drug abuse
 Social stigma
3. Penalty and consequences of illegal abortion
 Degree of crime and penalty
 Consequences of illegal abortion: health and social impact

First presenter:
 Introduction to abortion
 Method of abortion
 Safe abortion and its method
 Unsafe abortion

Second presenter:

 Abortion law in Bhutan

 Bhutanese seeking unsafe abortion and how they are doing it
Third presenter:
 Factors influencing Bhutanese women to seek unsafe abortion: teenage pregnancy,
alcohol and drug abuse, and social stigma

Fourth presenter:
 Illegal abortion and its penalty
 Health impact of unsafe abortion and what are the medical support provided
 Social impact and how people are sensitized to prevent unsafe abortion

Outcome of presentation:
At the end of the presentation on this topic, each individual will be aware of unsafe abortion
and its consequences to self and society.

Submitted by Group 1

1. Karma Choden
2. Dhan Bahadur Subba
3. Jigme Sherub
4. Khandu Wangchuk