Medical Ethics

• A pig embryo is created.
• Stem cells created to make a human organ (such as a pancreas) are then injected into the pig.
• The pig embryo is then inserted into a pig who will bear the pig foetus. 
• When the pig is born, they can surgically remove the human organs from the pig.

FOR:

• Therapies can save lives, diseases can be eradicated.
• Animal cloning can produce a higher yield, more healthy babies, prevent or reduce the hunger crisis.

AGAINST:

• Reliance on unnatural methods.
• Overpopulation.
• Cloned individuals may have more health issues.

• Voluntary Euthanasia : is when someone asks someone to end their life as they cannot do it themselves.
• Involuntary Euthanasia : is when other people make the decision to end someones life, perhaps because they have been ill for a long time or an ill newborn.
• Active Euthanasia : is when a particular drug is given to a patient in a lethal dose to end their life.
• Passive Euthanasia : is when the decision is made to stop a patients treatment. 

• The system is open to abuse.
• Influenced/forced decisions.
• Where to draw the line, the slippery slope.
• Goes against human rights.
• Strain on the NHS.