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Despite improvements in sex education and an increasing awareness of methods of contraception, over 170,000 terminations are carried out each year in England and Wales. Doctors who are faced with women experiencing unplanned or 'crisis' pregnancies often find themselves in a dilemma. Do they sign the authorisation form and ignore...
Abortion and intimate examinations - these are what I knew would face me on my Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) firm. I was scared. Now, preparing for finals, I can look back at the worry I felt at the start of the clinical course. I was concerned about the ethical issues...
When I discovered I was pregnant, it was Christmas Eve. This was our first baby and the first grandchild. The excitement of the first kicks came at eighteen weeks exactly. On the Monday of Holy Week I grew anxious that the baby had not moved for some hours. My midwife...
Is abortion intentional killing? Nitpickerus: At the end of our last discussion I asked you whether abortion was murder. Dionysius: What did we decide the biblical definition of murder was? Nitpickerus: The intentional killing of an innocent human being.[1] Dionysius: So is abortion intentional? Nitpickerus: Well, it's a planned procedure, so...
The key issue Andrew Thornett has clearly identified the key issue in the abortion debate, namely 'What constitutes a human being?' as Scripture clearly forbids the killing of the same.[1] When does a zygote or embryo become a human being and therefore assume the right not to be killed? He argues...
The large number of abortions in the UK each year is a cause of concern for all those who care about human life. However, one question that is fundamental to this issue and which has yet to be answered is that of what actually constitutes human life? Many people ignore...
