Ethical Issues about Beginning of Life Flashcards
termination of pregnancy by expulsion of embryo or fetus from the mother’s womb prior to its viabililty
abortion
Deliberate destruction of human life at any stage between fertilization to birth.
abortion
methods of abortion (6)
vacuum aspiration
oral administration of drugs
dilation and curettage
hysterotomy
dilation and evacuation
saline injection
hormone injection
use of powerful pump inserted into womb ( 29x home vacuum cleaner) to tear fetus into pieces.
vacuum aspiration
combination of abortive pills used to detached implanted egg and cause uterine contraction.
oral administration of drugs
dilation of the womb to insert curette (sharp knife) to cut the fetus into pieces.
dilation and curretage
cutting the umbilical cord to cut the oxygen supply of baby via caesarean section
hysterotomy
combination of dilation of the cervix and suction of the contents of uterus
dilation and evacuation
- salts kills the baby after injection using long needle through abdomen of the mother directed to the baby sac.
saline injection
causes to labor at any stage of pregnancy
hormone injection
types of abortion
spontaneous abortion/miscarriages
induced
It is a natural occuring termination of pregnancy without intervention
spontaneous abortion
It usually occurs due to diseases, genetic defects, trauma or biochemical incompatibility of mother and fetus.
spontaneous abortion/miscarriages
two types of miscarriages
natural
accidental
- miscarriages that occur due to natural reasons like ill-health, disease, shock, fear, excessive joy of the mother.
natural
misccariages not intended to occur due to trauma of sexual intercourse, poisoning, or accidental fall resulting to dislodging of implanted ovum
accidental
miscarriages occurs at single phase for both natural and accidental
isolated
sequence of three or more consecutive spontaneous abortion.
recurrent
Divisions of Spontaneous types (natural,accidental,isolated or recurrent): (5)
threatened
inevitable
complete
missed
septic
abortion has started but not progressed
threatened abortion
clinical type of abortion where changes has progressed to state of impossible pregnancy
inevitable abortion
product of conception expelled from the uterus
complete abortion
part of the entire conception has expelled
incomplete abortion
dead fetus is retained inside the uterus
missed abortion