QUOTES AND STATS: EXISTENCE OF GOD AND MEDICAL ETHICS

Question 1

1967 Abortion Act

Answer 1

1. There is a risk to the woman’s life
2. There is a risk to the woman’s physical and mental health
3. Having another child could cause risk to the physical and mental health of existing children
4. There is a risk of serious mental/physical disability

Question 2

Mark 12:31

Answer 2

‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’

Question 3

what did thomas aquinas and st augustine argue

Answer 3

ensoulment doesn’t occur until several weeks later (delayed animation)
40-80 days

Question 4

In Indonesia, where abortion is illegal except to save the woman’s life, up to two million women have abortions every year - where does this stat come from?

Answer 4

Guttmacher Institute

Question 5

In what year did what person take the Government to court against laws which permitted abortion under grounds of physical disability

Answer 5

2021, Heidi Crowter

Question 6

Psalm 139:13

Answer 6

you knitted me together in my mother’s womb

Question 7

Proverbs 6:17

Answer 7

“hands that shed innocent blood” from the list of things god hates

Question 8

women under —- can be offered – cycles of IVF for —- through the — if they have been ——

Answer 8

women under 40 can be offered 3 cycles of IVF for free through the NHS if they have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant

Question 9

ivf

Whilst the chance of ——– is ——, ——– chances are —

Answer 9

Whilst the chance of conception is higher, success chances are low

Question 10

after how many hours are eggs checked to see if they are fertilised, and for how many days do they continue to grow for

Answer 10

after 16-20 hours they are checked to see if any have been fertilised, they continue to grow for 1-5 days before the best quality one is implanted back into the womb

Question 11

who controls the use of PGD in this country?

Answer 11

HFEA

Question 12

what diseases (early life) can be checked using PGD in the UK

Answer 12

Cystic fibrosis
Sickle cell anaemia
Downs syndrome

Question 13

more recently, what later stage diseases can now be screened for using PGD

Answer 13

Genetically inherited breast and bowel cancer

Question 14

Jeremiah 1:5

Answer 14

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”

Question 16

in Islam, when is ensoulment?

Answer 16

120 days after conception

Question 17

they prefer the use of adult stem cells, but under what circumstance does the Roman Catholic Church believe using embryonic stem cells is moral?

Answer 17

miscarriage

Question 18

what utilitarian argued that genetic engineering could lead to a desire for super people

Answer 18

Karl Popper

Question 19

After death:
Heart and lungs survive for — hours
The liver can last from — hours
Kidneys can last — hours

Answer 19

After death:
Heart and lungs survive for 4-6 hours
The liver can last from 8-12 hours
Kidneys can last 24-36 hours

Question 20

Qur’an chapter 5 verse 32

Answer 20

“whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity”

Question 21

Matthew 10:8

Answer 21

“Freely you have received; freely give.” Matthew 10:8

Question 22

“the eye — sufficient to support the conclusion —, as to the necessity of the intelligent —” (Paley)

Answer 22

“the eye would be alone sufficient to support the conclusion which we draw from it, as to the necessity of the intelligent creator” (Paley)

Question 23

Hume dialogues part 5

Answer 23

“Why may not several Deities combine in contriving and framing a world”

Question 24

John Stuart Mill

Answer 24

“If the maker of the world can do all that he wills, he wills misery.”