Matters of life & death

Question	Answer
Abortion	The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
Assisted suicide	Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
Euthanasia	The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
Immortality of the soul	The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
Near death experience	When someone about to die has an out of body experience
Non-voluntary euthanasia	Ending someones live painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
Paranormal	Unexplained things that are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts
Quality of life	The idea that life has benefits for it to be worth living
Reincarnation	The belief that, after death, the soul is reborn in a new body
Ressurection	The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the world ends where it is raised
Sanctity of life	The belief that life is holy and belongs to God
Voluntary euthanasia	Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

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