The issue of continued pregnancy is a challenging task, especially in the case of teenagers. For the work to be successful, of high quality, and energetic, there must be family strength. I would like to propose social welfare work to help rehabilitate families to assist women with continued pregnancies, including children, and to prevent repeated pregnancy issues.
The Police Hospital is facing a situation where teenage pregnancies are occurring at a younger age, and there is drug use, similar to Pathum Thani Hospital and Thammasat Hospital, where individuals cannot assess themselves and escape from the counseling process. The children say they will continue the pregnancy but do not know the goal of continuing the pregnancy, and we cannot have them comply with the law to terminate the pregnancy. Therefore, there will be an alternative counseling process that can help children using drugs make decisions with enough stability, or if they continue the pregnancy, what kind of welfare will be available to support parents and grandparents in caring for the child.
Source: Pol. Col. Chutima Phanthu, Police Hospital, at the meeting on “Developing Guidelines for Assistance, Service Provision, and Protection of Rights for Teenagers and Women with Unplanned Pregnancies” by the Project for Developing a Safe and Friendly Alternative Service Network for Teenagers and Women with Unplanned Pregnancies.