Birth Control

Question 1

What are the pro-choice arguments?

Answer 1

• autonomy: woman should have right to choose- her body
• if fetus has genetic disease: non-maleficence
• women might turn to illegal abortions

Question 2

What are the pro-life arguments?

Answer 2

• causing harm to the fetus: non-maleficence
• abortions have health risks to mother
• preventing unwanted pregnancies with education

Question 3

Do men have the right to decide whether or not abortion occurs?

Answer 3

no legal right

Question 4

If you are unsure as to whether or not to give an abortion, what is one thing you can do?

Answer 4

-refer for a second opinion

Question 5

What are the types of assisted reproduction?

Answer 5

• IVF
• frozen embryo transfer
• intracytoplasmic sperm injection (injecting sperm directly into egg)

Question 6

What is assisted reproduction?

Answer 6

treatments that can help you get pregnant without having sexual intercourse

Question 7

What are the pros of assisted reproduction?

Answer 7

-Allows people that chance to have a family
-Given autonomy: patients should have the right to choose to have these treatments
-IVF and embryo screening can prevent genetic diseases and suffering

Question 8

What are the cons of assisted reproduction?

Answer 8

-In IVF, multiple embryos are created and not all are used
The leftovers can sometimes be destroyed ←non-maleficence (embryos don’t have autonomy)
-Higher risk of atopic pregnancies - implantation occurs somewhere other than the womb, can be fatal for mother
-Each process costs thousands of £ and aren’t even guaranteed to work

Question 9

What is the law around sperm/egg donation?

Answer 9

-sperm donor will not be a legal parent
-no legal obligation to the child

Question 10

3 person babies

Answer 10

one egg nucleus donor
one egg cell donor (without a nucleus)
sperm

Question 11

How does right to abortion satisfy justice (ethical pillar)?

Answer 11

abortion allows for a woman to have gender equality

Question 12

How to structure an ethics answer about abortion?

Answer 12

1. Define abortion
2. State laws around abortion in UK
3. State two main sides (pro-life & pro-choice)
4. Give arguments
5. Conclude and try to explore her concerns (why is she asking for an abortion, anyone forcing her?)
6. Give personal opinion

Question 13

What is the law around abortion in the UK?

Answer 13

abortion is allowed up until 24 weeks of pregnancy. if it is agreed by two doctors that continuing with the pregnancy would cause harm to the mother or child

Question 14

What is an abortion?

Answer 14

the termination of a pregnancy so that the child is not born