Abortion

Question 1

Pro-choice 1: dependant foetus

Answer 1

Almost all abortions are carried out in the first three months of the pregnancy at which time the foetus cannot exist independantly outside of the mothers womb , so therefoer cannot be regarded as a living organism, thus doesn’t constitute to murder

Question 2

pro life 1: conception

Answer 2

life begins at conception. therefore abotion=murder

Question 3

Pro choice: IVF

Answer 3

fertilised eggs which are used for IVF are often thrown away or destroyed if not implanted, and some would argue that these fertilised eggs are human lives but destroying them is not considered murder

Question 4

Pro life: adoption

Answer 4

Replace abortion with adoption

Question 5

Pro choice :rape/incest

Answer 5

forcing a woman to keep the child is likely to cause more psycologically damaging to her than having an abortion

Question 6

Pro life: innocence

Answer 6

Unborn child is innocent. Don’t know to what extent they feel pain. Is an abortion painful to them? No one alive would know.

Question 7

Pro choice: backstreet abortions

Answer 7

prevent deaths and complications from unsafe backstreet abortions that are carried out in secrecy

Question 8

Pro life: psycological stress

Answer 8

Psycological stress for the woman

Question 9

Pro choice: life saving

Answer 9

May save woman’s life in certain cases, thus operation should be taken where necessary, rather than risking the mother’s life.

Question 10

Pro life: importance

Answer 10

Foetus may have been a credit to society