Abortion
True or False: Abortion is the leading cause of death in the world.
True
What is the main reason someone would choose euthanasia?
To end suffering.
Why do they do genetic testing on embryos created in IVF?
To see if they will have any defects.
What is the main motivation for a woman to be a surrogate?
money
Give 1 argument against the death penalty
No one can decide when another person dies.
How many abortion were performed in 2024?
73 million
Two types of euthanasia are...
active and passive
What 3 things can happen to the "extra" embryos created in IVF?
frozen, thrown away, experiments/research
True or false: Surrogates have more health risks than normal pregnancies?
True
Give another argument against the death penalty
An innocent person can be condemned
A baby's heart starts beating at day ____ in the womb.
21
Another name for euthanasia is...
assisted suicide
Give one reason why IVF is against the life and dignity of the human person
It disrespects life at its earliest stages, by throwing away embyros, or freezing them or using them for research.
It does not respect the natural way that human beings are brought into the world.
True or false: in gestational surrogacy, the surrogate is biologically related to the child.
False
Give 3 things that could be in a surrogates contract.
what she can eat
who she can live with
exercise
travel
abortion
A baby's brain activity begins at ___ weeks in the womb.
8
Give one reason why euthanasia is against human dignity.
It also treats suffering as something meaningless than can be ended by killing.
It is the same thing as suicide, but it uses someone else to end your life, which also is murder.
Explain the process of IVF.
They take the eggs of a woman, and the sperm of a man, and in a laboratory they combine them to fertilze them. Then they implant some of the created embryos into the woman. The "extra" embryos they throw away, freeze, or use for research
Explain traditional surrogacy
The surrogate's egg is fertilized with the sperm of a father. She is biologically related to the child.
Louise Brown is promoted as the 1st baby conceived by IVF. Why is this a lie?
She was the 25th. The first 24 embryos had defects.
Name 3 ways that abortion can hurt women (physically, emotionally, spiritually).
damage to uterus, breast cancer, depression, drugs/alcohol, mortal sin (hurts relationship with God)
Why do Christians believe our pain is not meaningless?
Jesus used pain and suffering to save us from our sins. We can unite our pain and suffering to Jesus to become holy and help save others.
2 alternatives to IVF are...
Adoption, and Napro Technology
Explain gestational surrogacy.
What can we do with the frozen embryos that exist?
Hopefully women would offer to have them implanted and give birth to them, as a type of adoption.