Bioethical issues

• Abortion

  Artificial termination of pregnancy
• Artificial insemination


  Introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by artificial means
• Assisted suicide


  Helping terminally ill person to commit suicide
• Blood/blood plasma trade


  Illegal trading of blood and blood plasma
• Surrogacy


  A process wherein a woman agrees to carry and deliver a child for a contracted party
• Cloning


  An organism which has undergone genetic modification by means of genetic engineering
• Contraception


  Birth control by using various contraceptive measures
• Parthenogenesis


  Conception of human beings without fertilization by a man
• Body modification


  Deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons
• Eugenics


  Improving genetic qualities by means of selective breeding
• Euthanasia


  Killing an individual (or animal) without making them suffer from pain
• Sex reassignment therapy


  Medical procedures pertaining to sex reassignment of both trans-gender and inter-sexual individuals
• Human enhancement


  Overcoming the limitations of the body by artificial means
• Medical malpractice


  Professional negligence by a medical officer which results in harm to the patient
• Cloning


  Research involving the creation of a copy of some biological entity
• Life support


  Resorting to medical equipment to keep an individual alive
• Xenotransplantation


  Surgical procedure in which tissue or a whole organ is transferred from one species to another
• Organ transplant


  The donation of any part of the body on the basis of race, class, etc.
• Gene therapy


  The process of replacing defective genes with normal or genetically altered genes
• Pain management


  The use of artificial measures to ease the suffering associated with pain