abortion

Question 1

Occurs without any forms of inducement or intervention

Answer 1

SPONTANEOUS NATURAL ABORTION

Question 2

Abortion which will not take place had it not been for some form of inducement of intervention

Answer 2

INDUCED ABORTION

Question 3

1.) Purposely done to preserve the life of the
mother

2.) Done without any therapeutic indication but with
criminal intent and is punishable by law

Answer 3

1.) Therapeutic Abortion

2.) Criminal Abortion

Question 4

Elements:
* That the woman is pregnant

• That violence was applied, or drug was administered, or a person acts upon such
  pregnant woman
• That the effect of such violence, drug, or acts of the offender, the fetus dies or is
  expelled
• That the offender has the intention to abort the pregnant woman

Answer 4

Intentional Abortion

Question 5

Elements:
* The woman must be pregnant

• Violence was applied on such pregnant woman without intention of aborting
  her
• The woman aborted as the result of the violence

Answer 5

Unintentional Abortion

Question 6

Elements:
* The woman must be pregnant
* Abortion is intended to be committed
* Abortion induced by:

1. The pregnant woman herself
2. Other persons with consent of the pregnant woman
3. The parents of the woman, or either of them for the purpose of concealing her
   dishonor and with the consent of the woman herself

Answer 6

Abortion practiced by the woman herself or by her parent

Question 7

Elements:
* The woman must be pregnant

• The physician induced or assisted in causing the abortion with the use of scientific knowledge
• The acts done by the physician or midwife was intended to cause this abortion

Answer 7

Abortion practiced by a physician or midwife and dispensing of abortives

Question 8

• Allowed by law under some specific justification:

1. First: That the evil sought to be avoided actually exists
2. Second: That the injury feared be greater than that done to
   avoid it
3. Third: That there be no other practical and less harmful means of preventing it

Answer 8

THERAPEUTIC ABORTION

Question 9

• Intentional abortion is always illicit and no human law can make it good or legitimate to justify it
• The right to life comes directly from God and not from the parents, nor society, nor from any other authority.
• Total respect for human life and condemnation of direct/induced abortion is NOT CONFINED TO CHRISTIANS

Answer 9

ABORTION

Question 10

ERRONEOUS JUSTIFICATIONS

Answer 10

• Psychological Well-being
• Freedom to decide for one’s body
• In cases of rape or incest