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Version du 17 novembre 2007 à 17:54
What is abortion?
"Abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death." [1]
It means that abortion is used to remove deliberately the still living blabla or the already dead blabla.
What is the difference between a human embryo and fetus?
- Embryo: Until the third month of pregnancy the organism is callled embryo. After that point, it is called fetus.
- Fetus: The organism after three months (when the major structures have formed) until birth.
Why three months?
The limit of three months (12 weeks) is not universal, some put it at 8 weeks.
Is abortion a form of contraception?
- definition of contraception: different methods used in order to avoid temporarily the fertilization
According to this definition, abortion is not a contraception form because the fertilization has already occured.
- Another defintion of contraception: different methods used in order to avoid having a baby
According to this second definition, abortion is a form of contraception because it inhibits having a baby.
Can we consider abortion as a murder?
When is an embryo or a fetus considered as a "full" human being?
Until when (in pregnancy) is abortion allowed and why?
According to which criteria did one fix this limit?
What are the ethical issues of abortion?
Are there physical or psychological consequences for the mother?
What are the different forms of abortion?
- Induced abortion: An induced abortion is a pregnancy which is voluntarily aborted and this can be done by using different methods. The method used depends mainly upon the gestional age of the fetus (the age of a fetus from the first day to the day the pregnancy arrives to its term. But the method chosen also depends
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