Bioethics

Question 1

Ethical teaching for Abortion

Answer 1

“Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13)

Question 2

Catholic perspective (abortion)

Answer 2

“Before I found you in the womb, I knew you” (Jeremiah 1:5)
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JP2’s Dorum Vitae and CCC - “human life… until conception is sacred”

Question 3

Uniting Church perspective (abortion)

Answer 3

Simon Hansford - “emotional, physical , financial issues that create a situation…”

Question 4

Ethical teaching for Euthanasia

Answer 4

“Blessed are those who are poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3-12)

Question 5

Catholic perspective (euthanasia)

Answer 5

Roman Catholic Church “we don’t have authority over when life ends”

Question 6

Uniting Church (Euthanasia)

Answer 6

Also opposed to it unless extreme cases - “Anyone who has watched a loved one die in agony and often confusion will attest that it challenged and sometimes changed their outlook”

Question 7

Ethical teaching of IVF

Answer 7

“Thou shalt not have any gods before me” (Exodus 20:2)

Question 8

Catholic perspective (IVF)

Answer 8

CCC - “every child has a right to be conceived in the natural marital embrace”

Question 9

Pentecostal (IVF)

Answer 9

Life starts 14 days after conception - Scomo “I always felt that nothing was impossible for God”