Religion And Early Life

Question 1

Define adoption

Answer 1

To legally take on a child that is not your own

Question 2

Define blessing

Answer 2

In the context of children being a blessing, a child can be seen as a gift from God the the parents

Question 3

Define conception

Answer 3

Where the sperm meets the egg in fertilisation

Question 4

Define fostering

Answer 4

To temporarily look after a child that is not your own. It is still legally it’s mothers

Question 5

Define miracle of life

Answer 5

The idea that becoming pregnant is so special it’s a miracle

Question 6

Define pro-choice

Answer 6

Arguments focusing on the mothers right to choose an abortion

Question 7

Define pro-life

Answer 7

Arguments focusing on the rights on the unborn child

Question 8

Define quality of life

Answer 8

What a person’s life should be like for it to be worth living

Question 9

Define sanctity of life

Answer 9

Life is special and sacred

Question 10

Define 1967 Abortion act

Answer 10

The UK law on abortion - had to be before 28 weeks on pregnancy with conditions

Question 11

Define 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act

Answer 11

The law that reduced the abortion limit to 24 weeks

Question 12

What is the 1967 abortion act

Answer 12

Abortion can be carried out in specific circumstances where two doctors agree:

• theres is danger to the woman’s mental or physical health
• that the foetus will be born with severe mental or physical disabilities
• that the welfare of existing children may be affected
• the abortion must take place before the 28th week of pregnancy
• the procedure must be done by a registered doctor in a hospital or clinic

Question 13

Pro-Life views of Abortion

Answer 13

• the foetus must have someone speaking for it
• all life has potential and should be given a chance
• abortion is murder - murder is wrong
• all life is sacred and must be protected

Question 14

Pro-Choice views of abortion

Answer 14

• where rape has occurred then abortion has to be an option
• a woman has the right to decide what happens to her body
• if the woman’s life is at risk she should have the right to abortion
• women would have abortions anyway, just not safe ones

Question 15

Christian views and teachings on abortion

Answer 15

• All life is sacred to God
• Only God has the right to take life; after all he created it
• God planned all our lives
• The Ten Commandments say that it is wrong to kill

Question 16

Sikh views and teachings on abortion

Answer 16

• Sikhs should not harm others
• Seen as morally wrong as life begins at conception
• God fills us with light so we can be born
• Sikhism does not agree with abortion as it interferes with God’s creation

Question 17

Define abortion

Answer 17

Deliberate expulsion of the foetus from the womb to terminate the pregnancy