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Abortion and

Fertility Treatment

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Write a few sentences to say when you think lifebegins and why.

When do you think life begins?

Conception – when the sperm and egg meet and thecells begin to grow and divide?

When the fetus looks human?

When the fetus can feel?

When the brain has developed?

When the fetus is viable (could survive if it was bornprematurely)?

When the child is born?

At another time?




Development of a fetus




What is abortion?




Write a paragraph to say if you think abortion shouldbe legal. You could either say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ‘only in

certain circumstances’. Explain why you think this.

The lesser of two evils

Some people believe that abortion is wrong because the

fetus is alive and abortion kills it. However, they may saythat, in some circumstances, although abortion is a bad

thing it is better than allowing the pregnancy to continue.

An example would be if the mother’s life was in danger if

she continued with the pregnancy; it might be better to killthe fetus and save the mother rather than allow them both

to die. This means that they choose the ‘lesser of two evils’

– neither is good but they choose the one that will cause

the least harm.






The 1967 Act said that the latest date for an abortionwas to be 28 weeks.

In 1990 the date for abortions was reduced to 24 weeks.

Some people believe that it should be much lower than

this because medical techniques are much moreadvanced now and it is possible for a baby to survive if

born earlier than this if it has the proper medical

attention.

There is no limit to the date at which an abortion can be

carried out if the baby might be handicapped or if the

pregnancy threatens the health of the mother.




Do you think that the father has as much right as themother to decide whether or not to abort a baby?

Write a dialogue between a couple – she wants an

abortion and he does not – what might they say tojustify their points of view?

A doctor or nurse does not have to carry out or help tocarry out abortions if they do not want to.

The father has no legal right when it comes to abortion.He cannot object and does not even have to beconsulted.




Christians believe that all people are made ‘inthe image of God’. They believe that their ‘bodyis a temple’ which has God’s spirit in it, and thatevery life was planned by God and so is a gift

from him. The term ‘sanctity of life’ means thatlife is holy and should be respected. Christiansbelieve that they should try to preserve life, notdestroy it.

The sanctity of life

When does life begin?

Are all lives of equal value?

These are issues that we all have to face when thinkingabout abortion.


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Are these Bible quotes for or against abortion?



Christians and abortion – the balance



What the Christian Churches think



What the Christian Churches think



Muslims and abortion



What is fertility treatment?


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What do religious people think about fertility

treatment?

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