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Sanctitcy of life
- ALL life is sacred
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Strong sanctity of life
- 'So God created humankind in his image'
- Blessed by God
- Given dominionship over world
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Weak sanctity of life
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Extraordinary means as a justification of killing
- Applies the Christian principle of love and compassion
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Justified Abortion
- Double Effect (Save mothers life but means Aborting the foetus)
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Following 'Defend the Innocent' Primary Precept
- You cannot Abort a child as it cannot defend for its self or use reason
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Quality of life
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Disability in the foetus
- They can be Aborted if screened and found to be disabled (physical or mental handicaps)
- Some people dislike this as the "disabled" child might live a full and loving life despite of the disability
- If every one did this there would be no "disabilities " in the human race
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Equality and Disability
- People who are disables should not be discriminated against in any way
- Allow disabled people to live a full life
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Pro-choice / Pro-life
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Pro-choice
- Mothers choice in abortion
- The people involved concern
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Pro-life
- Against Abortion
- wants child to be born
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Rights to a child
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Natural Law
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Primary precept
- Reproduction
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Infertility
- Inability to have a child
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Ways to get around infertility
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IVF
- In-Vitro Fertilisation - outside the human body using sperms of the husband or donor and the egg of the wife or a donor egg.
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AID
- When donor sperm is used
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AIH
- Artificial Insemination by Husband , sperm injected into wives reproductive tract