Abortion Flashcards
3 pro-life arguments?
Against Hippocratic Oath
May damage physical & emotional health
Murder - killing innocent child
What is abortion?
Premature expulsion of the baby from the womb
What is history of the law on abortion?
1861 - illegal in UK
1967 - legal with 5 stipulations in England & Wales
1990 - reduced form 28 to 24 weeks
2012 - Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast
2015 - up to 9 weeks in extreme medical cases (mother)
What to Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists and Anglicans think?
RC say NO, NEVER!!!!
Anglican say NO, AWFUL!!!
Presbyterian say NO, BAD!!
Methodist say IF BAD MUM OR BABY HEALTH, RAPE.
Give 2 verses in the bible against it?
Genesis 1:27 - God creates & makes people in his image
Psalm 139:13-16 - Knitted me in my mother’s womb, I’m wonderfully made.
4 pro-choice arguments?
Use illegal / backstreet abortionists
Unable to cope with child
May cause physical and emotional problems
May damage career choices