Introduction
Attention:
I. Attention: Imagine that you or a close loved one of yours is in the hospital about to give birth when suddenly, before you can even set eyes on the little one or hold them, the nurses rush them out of the room and your lives are turned upside down in a matter of seconds.
II. Connect: Unfortunately this is something that happens to many unsuspecting families every day and could happen to you or someone that you know.
Opposition:
Some argue that prenatal care and testing is immoral and wrong because of the concern of women using it to prevent and abort babies with disabilities, but this is not the case at all. Prenatal testing is done to allow doctors to treat them early. Another argument is that the cost of prenatal care is just too much, but that is why there are many foundations to help mothers as well as health departments that offer free or no costs at all care.
Preview: As a witness to one of these traumatic events I would like to show you why it is so important that women receive prenatal care and testing and encourage you and your loved ones to receive it.
Body
Main Point One-Need
I. Sadly about one third of the women who give birth will have some kind of pregnancy related complication which is most of the reason why prenatal care is extremely important.
A. Receiving prenatal care reduces the risk of pregnancy-related complications such as anemia, preterm birth, preeclampsia, complications of diabetes, or poor growth of the baby in utero.
B. Unfortunately one million women in the U.S. deliver babies without receiving prenatal care
C. According to childtrends.org, mothers who receive late or no prenatal care are three times more likely to give birth to a low-weight baby.
D. Babies whose mothers don’t receive prenatal care are five times more likely to die.
Main Point Two-Satisfaction
II. With prenatal care and testing doctors can spot health problems early when they see mothers