religious studies religion and medical ethics vocab

Question	Answer
abortion	deliberate termination of pregnancy by removal and destruction of the foetus
clone	an individual organism or call produced asexually from one ancestor to which they are genetically identical
embryo	a foetus before it is 4 months old
euthanasia	when someone is helped to die without pain before they would have died naturally
fertility treatment	medical treatment to help a woman become pregnant
genetic engineering	the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material
medical ethics	questions of morality raised by medical situations
sacred/sanctity	holly, having something of god or the divine
sanctity of life	the belief that all life is given by god and is therefore sacred
suicide	deliberately ending one's own life

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