Social Work with the Poor: The Temptation to Play God
By Kevin Burke, LSW Early in my social work career I served as the director of a shelter for pregnant women and children in a poor neighborhood with all manner of family dysfunction and economic challenges. Grounded in our faith and values, abortion was never an option for a young woman coming to us for assistance. But I am a minority in my profession. Many of my colleagues see abortion as a necessary evil, especially for those in poor communities where single…