abortion and ensoulment (bioethics)

Cards (3)

  • Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of pregnancy by removing or expelling the fetus from the uterus before it can survive outside the womb.
  • TWO STAGES OF PREGNANCY : 1. Fetus animatus (Informed (living) fetus) 2. Fetus inanimatus (non-informed fetus)
  • QUICKENING : When the mother feels the first movements of the baby inside her body.