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| Frage | Antworten |
| Morality | A system of ethics about what is right or wrong. |
| Ethics | The theory relating to morality. |
| Absolute morality | What is morally right and wrong applies to all circumstances, at all times. |
| Relative morality | What is morally right or wrong in any situation depends upon its particular circumstances. |
| Sanctity of life | Life is a sacred because it is God-given. |
| Value of Life | The value of a person over and above physical value. |
| Quality of life | A measure of fulfilment. |
| Fertility treatment | Medical procedure to assist an infertile couple to have a child. |
| In vitro fertilisation(IVF) | A scientific method of making a woman pregnant, which does not involve sex. Conception occurs via sperm and egg being placed into test tube. |
| Test-tube baby | Term used for a baby created outside of the women's body |
| Artificial insemination | Sperm medically inserted into the vagina to assist pregnancy. |
| Surrogacy | Woman's egg fertilised artificially by another woman's partner. |
| Artificial insemination by husband (AIH) | When woman is made pregnant by sperm the sperm of her husband, but not through having sexual relations with him. |
| Artificial insemination by donor (AID) | When a woman is made pregnant by the sperm of a man other than her partner, but not through sexual relations with him. |
| Sexual intercouse | Sexual activity involving more than one person, for some reasons of procreation or pleasure. |
| Transplant surgery | When someone else's organs are put into a patient. |
| Blood transfusion | When a patient is given extra blood as part of an operation. |
| Human genetic engineering | The modification of gene make-up to change the features of a human. |
| Embryology | The study of human embryos. |
| Embryo | Fertilised ovum at bout 12-14 days when implanted into the wall of the womb. |
| Designer babies | Babies with gender and characteristics chosen by their parents, which is currently illegal. |
| Stem cell | A cell, most often taken from 4-5 day-old embryo, whose role in the body is yet to be determined. |
| Saviour siblings | A sibling, genetically compatible with a sick child is implanted and born to use stem cells to treat the sick child. |
| Cloning | The scientific method by which animals or plant can be created which have exactly the same genetic make-up as the original, because the DNA of the original is used. |
| Human-animal hybrid embryo | An embryo made from human DNA and animal eggs for purposes of experimentation. |
| Human experimentation | Testing products, usually medicines, on paid human volunteers. |
| Conception | The moment the sperm fertilises the egg. |
| Quickening | The first detectable movements of the foetus. |
| Ensoulment | The belief that at one moment the foetus receives a soul. |
| Viable | The point at which a foetus could survive if it were to be born. |
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