Beginning of Life

Question 1

What are forms of assisted contraception?

Answer 1

Artificial insemination
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) 
Gamete donation
Embryo donation
Use of artificial gametes
Reproductive cloning

Question 2

What is a time limit way of defining infertility?

Answer 2

If a heterosexual couple have been trying to conceive for a year or more without success.

Question 3

What are arguments for and against sex selection?

Answer 3

Parental love
Undermines the status of women
Gender ratio imbalance that results in gender aggression like in China

Question 4

When does the HFEA say that life begins?

Answer 4

14 days as this is when a primitive streak appears which means that the egg is now one life (can no longer split into monozygotic twins) so can no longer do research on it

Question 5

At what age of delivery of a foetus is classed as premature birth and not a miscarriage?

Answer 5

24 weeks

Below that generally don’t resuscitate as disability is too significant