Moral vs. Legal

Abortion

Premature expulsion of a human fetus, ___/natural or ___ Spontaneous: naturally ending/___ Induced: artificial (___or ___)

Federal Law 1973 ___ vs. ___

A woman's right to an abortion was a ___right

A woman has a right to an abortion ___of such things as

___of mother, knowledge &/or ___of the father, ___of a physician, ___of mother, health of ___, ___of fetus, ___status of the family, ___of conception (love, rape, incest), ___law

___of pregnancy – Use to be a factor but recently the Supreme Court ruled against Partial Birth Abortion

State Law

___: individual states pass laws that ___or ___the right to an abortion.

Catholic Church vs. China It is not just fetal tissue, but a baby Catechism of the Catholic Church:

“Human life must be ___and ___absolutely from the moment of ___…”

The church is clearly saying that it is ___ for a woman to choose to have an abortion.

Two exceptions: ___or ___womb China: ___abortions

Social Norm: In-between Most people feel abortion is wrong, but feel there are

some difficult cases in which it might be acceptable ___ ___ ___fetus ___ to the mother

In U.S less than ___% fall into a “difficult case” category Approximately ___% of abortions is induced for elective,

non-medical reasons.

Pro-Choice Concerned only with the ___question. Abortion should be a ___for a woman to

make in her ___, not a legal matter to be decided by the courts.

They say they are personally against abortion but do not want to ___their personal morality on others.

Pro-Abortion

Not only accept abortion on ___as moral and legal, but advocate abortion as a ___solution to many problem pregnancies.

Usually call themselves pro-choice and present their arguments as the rights of a mother to ___her own body.

Chemical Abortions RU ___

First Trimester Procedure: ___ pills. The first pill decreases ___which

starves the baby. Second pill causes ___to expel the baby. Side Effects: prolonged, severe bleeding, nausea, vomiting,

pain, ___.

Surgical Abortions ___

___Trimester Procedure: Powerful suction tube with ___ Side Effects: Uterus could be ___ because some fetal

tissue or placenta left behind D & C: Dilatation and Curettage

Procedure: ___shaped steel knife Side Effects: blood loss, could cut uterus; infection

D & C: Dilatation and Curettage ____ Trimester Procedure: Dilatation and then suction Side Effects: blood loss, could cut uterus; infection