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Ethical issues Flashcards

1
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la maternité

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motherhood

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2
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passer une échographie

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to have an ultrasound (scan)

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3
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les ado enceintes

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teenage pregnancy

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en âge de procréer

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of childbearing age

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5
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un embryon

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an embryo

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6
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une IVG

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a termination

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7
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avorter

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to have an abortion

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8
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avorter d’un bébé non désiré

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to abort an unwanted baby

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9
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pratiquer une IVG

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to terminate a pregnancy

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10
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une clinique pratiquant l’avortement

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an abortion clinic

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avortement que l’on a provoqué soi meme

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self-induced abortion

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12
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une sage femme

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a midwife

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13
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partir en congé maternité

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to go on maternity leave

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14
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congé parental

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parental leave

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15
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accoucher d’une fille

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to give birth to a girl

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16
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faire une fausse couche

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to have a miscarriage

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17
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un enfant mort-né

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a stillborn baby

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18
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l’opinion est divisée

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the public are split

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19
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le lobby des opposants à l’avortement

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the pro-life lobby

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20
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un militant contre l’avortement

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a pro-life campaigner

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21
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un militant pour le droit à l’avortement

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a pro-choice campaigner

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22
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la majorité sexuelle

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the age of consent

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23
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la communauté gay

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the gay community

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24
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un travesti

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a transvestite

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25
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LGBT

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lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

26
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legalization of abortion USA / UK

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USA : decision Roe v. Wade 1973

UK : 1967

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révéler l’homosexualité de qn (sans son consentement)

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to out sb

28
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favorable aux homosexuels

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gay-friendly

29
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un petit ami avec qui on vit

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a live-in boyfriend (/girlfriend)

30
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se mettre en ménage avec qn

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to set up house with sb

31
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l’homoparentalité

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same-sex parenting

32
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avoir des opinions progressistes

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to have liberal views

33
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un problème sensible

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a hot-button issue

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les opposants / partisans du mariage homo

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opponents / proponents of gay marriage

35
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avoir des préjugés contre qn

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to be prejudiced against sg

36
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l’homophobie

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homophobia

37
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être inflexible au sujet du mariage gay

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to take a tough line on gay marriage

38
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un problème épineux, délicat (3)

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a thorny issue
a tricky issue
a sticky issue

39
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déontologie, code de conduite

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code of ethics

40
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provoquer un débat

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to spark a debate

41
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la décision a provoqué une tempête de protestations

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the decision caused an uproar

42
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la nouvelle a fait scandale

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the news caused a furore

43
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scandaliser l’opinion

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to cause public outrage

44
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interdire des pratiques contestables

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to outlaw questionable practices

45
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être source d’inquiétude

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to be a cause for concern

46
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la recherche sur les cellules souches

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stem-cell research

47
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PMA

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assisted reproduction

48
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faire le don d’un ovule / de sperme

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to donate an egg / sperm

49
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l’insémination artificielle

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artificial insemination

50
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fécondation in vitro, FIV

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in vitro fertilisation, IVF

51
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un bébé-éprouvette

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a test-tube baby

52
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une mère porteuse

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a surrogate mother

53
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gestation pour autrui

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surrogacy

54
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un donneur d’organes

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an organ donor

55
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la greffe d’organe

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organ transplant

56
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un receveur (organe)

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a recipient

57
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cloning experiment in 1996

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Dolly the Sheep

58
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un bébé médicament

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a saviour sibling

59
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eugénisme

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eugenics

60
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un bébé sur mesure

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a designer baby

61
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porter atteinte à la nature

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to tamper with nature

62
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jouer à l’apprenti sorcier

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to play God

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