Definitions for Unit 2 Christianity Ethics GCSE AQA A Religious Studies

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Artificial Insemination (AI)

perm medically inserted into the vagina to assist pregnancy

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Artificial Insemination by husband (AIH)

When a woman is made pregnant by the sperm of her husband, but not through having sexual relations through him

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Artificial Insemination by donor (AID)

When a woman is made pregnant by the sperm of a man other than her partner, but not through having sexual relations with him

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In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

Scientific method of making a woman pregnant, which does not involve sex. Conception occurs via sperm and egg being placed into a test tube

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Surrogate mother

A woman who has a baby for another woman

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Surrogacy

A form of fertility treatment in which a woman’s egg is fertilised artificially by another woman’s partner or an embryo from another couple is created through IVF and then implanted into the ‘host’ woman. The woman carries the baby throughout pregnan

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Cloning

The scientific method by which animals or plants can be created which have exactly the same genetic make-up as the original, because the DNA of the original used

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Embryo

Fertilised ovum at about 12-14 days when implanted into the wall of the womb

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Embryonic Research

The study of human embryos

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Hybrid embryos

An embryo produced by cloning techniques for research purposes that consists of human and animal material

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Reproductive cloning

The use of cloning techniques to produce a baby

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Therapeutic cloning

Another term for stem cell cloning

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Stem cell cloning

Cloning techniques used to treat certain diseases and conditions

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Somatic cell therapy

The use of genetic engineering to modify non-reproductive cells in order to treat genetic disease. A form of gene therapy

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Designer babies

Babies with gender and characteristics chosen by their parents-currently illegal

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Saviour siblings

A child conceived by IVF with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to save the life of an incurably ill sibling through the use of cord blood

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When a woman is made pregnant by the sperm of her husband, but not through having sexual relations through him

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Artificial Insemination by husband (AIH)

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When a woman is made pregnant by the sperm of a man other than her partner, but not through having sexual relations with him

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Scientific method of making a woman pregnant, which does not involve sex. Conception occurs via sperm and egg being placed into a test tube

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A woman who has a baby for another woman

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Definitions for Unit 2 Christianity Ethics GCSE AQA A Religious Studies