Euthanasia + abortion 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Religious StudiesEthicsA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: rhiannonCreated on: 23-04-13 16:27 Passive Euthanasia = allows a patient to die by withdrawing medical treatment. Active Euthanasia = take action deliberately to ed a patients life. (lethal injection) 1 of 5 Voluntary Euthanasia = causing a patients death were consent is given. Involuntary Euthanasia = the killing of of a patient who can't express if they want to die or not. 2 of 5 Euthanasia - the assisted ending of someone's life, who is suffering. Abortion = the premature expulsion of the foetus from the womb. 3 of 5 The Abortion Act 1967 = allows abortion under certain circumstances. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 = introduced a time limit of 24 weeks for an abortion. 4 of 5 Abortion in 1803 was a criminal offence. The Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 = abortion was no longer a crime if carried out in good faith. 5 of 5
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