Abortion

Abortion: Miss Hope

What is Abortion? ->

The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, during the first 28 weeks.

 What does the Law say? ->

1803 abortion was illegal. Mother would death penalty if baby could be felt [18-20 wks]

 The Abortion Act 1967: legal under Act.

 Only be carried out in hospital, or specialised licensed clinic. Terminated up until 28 weeks.

 In 1990, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act introduced controls over new techniques which would help infertile couples and monitor experiments on embryos. Restrict abortion rights, the 1990 Act lowered the legal time limit from 28 to 24 weeks.

 In 2008 a motion failed to change the law from 24 weeks to 22 or 20 weeks.

 In Northern Ireland, abortion is still illegal.

What are the main sides?

PRO-CHOICE and PRO-LIFE.

Different types of Abortion

 Vacuum aspiration or suction termination (from 7 to 15 weeks of pregnancy).

 Surgical dilation and evacuation (D&E) (from 15 weeks of pregnancy).

 Surgical dilation and evacuation (D&E) (from 15 weeks of pregnancy).

Quotes on Abortion

Plan essay - 'Explain the view of one religion you have studied on abortion'

Intro: Define Abortion ->

The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, during the first 28 weeks.

Islam holds a holistic view regarding Abortion, viewing the act of abortion as forbidden, as it destroys Allah’s creation.

Body:

It is forbidden [haram] to abort the fetus, may result in the Diyah having to be paid. The Diyah is the responsibility of the person who was in charge of carrying out the abortion.

Humans have no right to end life, God’s responsibility. -> as life is sacred. [Qu’ran 5:32]

If the child was to die while in the womb of the mother, then it is obligatory to remove it from the womb.

Hedayat, Shooshtarizadeh and Raza, 2006, pp652-657: “...after the fourth month of gestation an abortion cannot be performed unless it is to save the mother’s life”...