DO WE VALUE LIFE?

1. DO WE VALUE LIFE? CONTRACEPTION PREVENTING CONCEPTION FROM OCCURING ABORTION THE REMOVAL OF AN EMBRYO FROM A WOMEN’S WOMB EUTHANASIA THE ACT OF PUTTING SOMEONE PAINLESSLY TO DEATH SUICIDE INTENTIONALLY KILLING ONES SELF SANCITY OF LIFE – ALL LIFE IS SACRED AND GOD MADE IT

2. CONTRACEPTION • CAN BE IN THE FORM OF PILLS, CONDOM, COIL AND MANY OTHERS • 90% OF SEXUALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE USE CONTRACEPTOIN • SOME RELIGIONS GO AGAINST THE USE OF CONTACEPTION • CATHOLICS • GOES AGAINST PRE MARITAL SEX • SEX IS A GIFT FROM GOD TO PROCREATE • OTHER • STOPS UNWANTED CHILDREN • STOPS DISEASES FROM SPREADING CAN WE SAY WE ARE VALUING LIFE WHEN USING CONTRACEPTION?

3. ABORTION THE CURRENT LAW FOR ABORTION IS THAT WOMEN CAN NO LONGER HAVE AN ABORTION AFTER 24WEEKS (6MONTHS) UNLESS THE MOTHER’S LIFE IS AT RISK • WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN? • CONCEPTION? • DURING THE PREGNANCY? • LIVING OUT SIDE THE MOTHER? WHAT VIEW DO YOU HAVE ON ABORTION?

4. ABORTION CASE EXAMPLE: AMANDA A 28 YEAR OILD MOTHER HAS TWINS, AGED 2, SHE ALSO HAS A 4 YEAR OLD SON. SHE LLOVES HER CHILDREN AND IS IN A HAPPY AND LOVING MARRIAGE, MONEY IS A LITTLE TIGHT AND SHE OFTEN FEELS EXHUASTED LOOKING AFTER HER CHILDREN. AS A RESULT OF A FAILED CONTRACEPTION, AMANDA FACED AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY, HER MOTHER THINKS THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES SHE WOULD BE MAD TO CONTINUE WITH THE PREGNANCY. SHOULD SHE HAVE AN ABORTION?

5. EUTHANASIA THERE ARE FOUR TERMS THAT EUTHANASIA CAN TAKE • ACTIVE- DELIBERATE STEPS ARE TAKEN TO END LIFE E.G LETHAL INJECTION • PASSIVE – TREATMENT THAT WOULD HELP A PERSON LIVE LONGER WAS STOPPED • NON- VOLUNTARY – WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DECIDE THAT A PERSON SHOULD DIE • VOLUNTARY – WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ANOTHER PERSON TO HELP THEM DIE OR ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WISHES KNOWN TONY NICKLESON – LOCKED IN SYNDROME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5J_nGCDtI0

6. COMMENTS ‘If a member of my family asked me to end their pain, I simply could not say no. I would go to prison rather than watch them suffer day after day.’ ‘How dare you say that God "answered" his prayer’ ’No matter what happens or even how severe/painful their life is, true Christians always stick it to the end. The pain we experience here is nothing compared to the pain in hell’ ‘Imagine if that you have so much anger, you are so frustrated and you cant express your feelings. You feel like you just want to explode but you cant tell anybody. You cant scream’ ‘If he were mentally unstable, he should not be allowed to decide to end his life, but he's not. He's physically unable to move, but his brain works perfectly normal. I for one wouldn't want to live like that’ R.I.P

7. SUICIDE ‘PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE ARE SELFSIH’ AREN’T ARE • GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY NEED TO COMMIT SUICIDE • HAVE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAKES THEM ACT THE WAY THEY DO, DEATH COULD THEREFORE BE THEIR ONLY OPTION • IF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IT COULD BE A CRY FOR HELP • IT IS NOT FAIR ON FAMILY OR FRIENDS KNOW A MEMBER TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE AWAY • DON’T NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH SUICIDE, ALWAYS OTHERS WAY TO GET OVER WORRIES/CIRCUMSTANCES • THEY ARE TAKING AWAY A LIFE THAT SOMEONE ELSE COULD OF HAD