Religious and medical ethics

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What is Agape?
A greek word for unconditional selfless love
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What is Sanctity of Life?
Life is sacred, a gift from God.
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what is Ensoulment?
The time at which a person is believed to receive a soul from God.
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What is Foetus?
When the baby begins to look human, it's called a foetus.
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what is Abortion?
When a pregnancy ends before a baby is born, either by accident (miscarriage) or deliberately (procured abortion).
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What is Viable?
When the baby is able to survive outside of the womb.
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What is Pro - Choice?
Where the women gets to choose whether to have an abortion or not.
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What is Pro - life?
Where the baby determines that abortion isn't allowed because there is a possible life.
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What is Law on Abortion?
Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, at which time the foetus could survive outside the mother's body with medical support
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Whats IVF?
In-Vitro-Fertilisation - Doctors bring a human egg and some healthy sperm together outside of the womb. If the treatment works an embryo is formed, this is implanted into a woman's uterus where it's left to develop until birth.
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What is Passive Euthanasia?
Allowing people who are being kept alive artificially to die, by switching off a life support machine
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What is Active Euthanasia?
Killing someone to end suffering, committing suicide, or assisting someone to commit suicide. This could be a lethal injection or overdose.
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What is Sanctity of Life?

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Life is sacred, a gift from God.

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what is Ensoulment?

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What is Foetus?

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what is Abortion?

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