RE Ethics

Keywords:

- Euthanasia= Inducing a painless deathwith compassion to ease syffering, some see it as a mercy killing and others taking a life.

- Voluntary Euthanasia= When a terminally ill patient asks a person to help them die peacefully and with dignity. It can be called mercy killing/assisted suidide. 

- Nonvoluntry Euthanasia= When a person cannot make a decision as they have a mental/physical disability and somone usually a close family member makes the decision in terms of what their interests would be.

- Active Euthanasia= When someone is activey killed with an injection or pill.

- Passive Euthanasia= When a persons death is hastened such as withdrwing food or water.

Keywords:

- Abortion= The deliberate and premature termination of a pregnancy

- Sanctity of life= Life is sacred as it is god given

- Embryo= An unborn baby

- Pro-Choice= The choice for the women to be able to choose whether or not they should have an abortion

- Pro-Life= Supports the idea that the foetus deserves the right to life

- Quality of Life= The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group

When does life begin?

Roman catholics  believe that life bgins at conception, where as other churches arent certain.

What are the circumstances that allow an abortion to be carried out?

-The life or physical health of the mother is  risk

-The mental health of the mother is at risk 

-The mothers existiing family will suffer

-There is a reasonable chance that the child will be born seriously disabled