Abortion
- Created by: Ashlie Chapman
- Created on: 07-05-13 08:47
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- Abortion
- What is abortion
- It is the deliberate ending of a life after fertilisation of the ovum and before birth
- When does life begin
- 1. Pre-Conception
- Every sperm is scared, essential for life to begin, limited number of eggs
- Billions of spem - only one is need, no human lise is present
- 2. Conception
- Unique being with unique genetic cod is produced, will develop into a human, Pope Pius ix believes that life is present here
- Just a newly formed group of cells; an acorn is not a oak tree; not recogised by law as a human; may do not make it to implantation; mothers unaware
- 3. Primitive Streak
- Provides structure foe embryonic, structure to align themselves, now clear if one or more person will be a result
- Not discernable sign of humanity are present, no organs, Experimentation can take place until this piont
- 4. Conscionsness
- Suggest brain development, feotus is now a growing and recognised as a human
- Potential victory is not the smae as an actual victory, feotus is not yest self-aware, not reconginsed in the law as a full human
- 5. Viability
- Feotus could survive out of the womb; recongisned by law as a human being
- Many born at this stage do not survive; nature is way of saying not ready yet - 28 weeks for a reason
- 6. Bith
- It is a full human being, given an identity and celebrated on that day
- Not yet fully self-aware
- 1. Pre-Conception
- Christian ideas on Abortion
- Against mainly Roman Catholics
- I know you before you were in the womb
- Human being are made in God image
- If anyone destory God's temple; then God will destory them
- Life is sacred and a gift from God
- Thou shall not murder
- Life starts are Conception
- For mainly protestants
- love you neighbour as you love youself
- Love for one's fellow human being
- could be seen as an act of charity
- Against mainly Roman Catholics
- Buddhist Ideas on Abortion
- Agianst
- The first precept - do not harm any sentient being
- That Dukkha is our only way to get out of samsara
- the story of the blind turtle
- the eight fold path
- For
- Metta loving kindness
- The eightfold path right intention
- Agianst
- Ethical theory for abortion
- Feminist Position
- That id abortion is banned then it would mean thta women rigths would be lost as well and thta it owuld go back to the older days
- Mary Anna Warren
- States thta abortion are banned then it owuld lead to unsafe abortion again (bact street) were 200,000 women died a year. plus thta it would affect the well-being of her family
- Feminist Position
- What is abortion
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