2ND EXAM Flashcards
child’s capacity to live independently of its mother after it has left the womb
viability
is the expulsion of a living fetus from the mother’s womb before it is viable
abortion
the expulsion of the fetus through natural or accidental causes
natural abortion
refers to the deliberately induced expulsion of a living fetus before it become viable
intentional abortion
deliberately induced expulsion of a living fetus in order to save the mother from the danger of death brought by pregnancy
therapeutic abortion
is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered in accordance with the law for the establishment of conjugal and family life
marriage
is defined as deliberately putting to death, in an easy, painless way, of an individual suffering from an incurable condition
euthanasia
means slow and painful death without quality of life
dysthanasia
is the way in which we express ourselves and we experience as sexual beings
human sexuality
key factors in Christian sexual ethics
marriage
procreation
it teaches us that there is a universal human nature established by God
catholicism
is sexual activity between two people who are not married to each other
premarital ex
is sex occuring outside marriage, usually referring to when a married person engages sexual activity with someone other than their marriage partner
extramarital sex
defined as the voluntary prevention of conception by the positive use of artificial means which hinder the generative cells from uniting during the sexual act
contraception
moral issue of contraception
the rightness or wrongness of the use of various methods by which conception can be prevented in conjugal union
consists of depositing a man’s semen in the vagina, cervical canal, or uterus through the use of instruments to bring about conception unattained or unattainable by sexual intercourse
artificial insemination
in which semen is obtained from the husband himself
homologous insemination (AIH)
a technique used to facilitate human conception through the transfer into a woman’s vagina of the sperm previously extracted from her husband
homologous artificial insemination
sometimes called “do it yourself” AI
homologous artificial insemination
a technique used to facilitate a human conception through in vitro fertilization of the generative cells
homologous IVF and ET
a technique in which the semen is acquired from a donor other than the husband
heterologous (AID)
the technique used to obtain a human conception through the transfer into the genital tracts of the wife of the sperm previously extracted from a donor other than a husband
heterologous artificial insemination
is the technique used to obtain a human conception through in vitro fertilization of the sperm and egg taken from at least one donor other than the two spouses in marriage
heterologous IVF and Et
is a biomedical techniques whereby a fertilized ovum is implanted into the uterus of another woman who will carry the baby to term either a a favor or for free
surrogate motherhood
means substitute, from the Latin surrogatus “in place of another”
surrogate
another form of the commodification of women’s bodies
surrogacy
this is recommended in case where certain defects are discovered in the developing fetus
eugenic abortion
the removal of the fetus occurs as the secondary effect of legitimate or licit actions, which is the direct and primary object of intention
indirect abortion
is the disapproving view of abortion, “from the moment of conception, the life of every human being is to be respected in an absolute way because man is the only creature on earth that God has wished for himself”
prolife position