FAQs:

Q. Should abortions be allowed?

A. It depends on one’s belief, culture or country. But in our country, Abortion is not
acceptable nor permitted. But if someone feels unable to raise a child with a serious
illness or condition, they might be entitled personally to an abortion if they feel that is the
right choice for them. However, the fact remains according to our belief the act itself is
objectively not ethical.

Q. Is physician-assisted suicide the same as euthanasia?

A. No. Physician-assisted suicide refers to the physician providing the means for death,
most often with a prescription.  Euthanasia generally means that the physician would
act directly, for instance by giving a lethal injection, to end the patient's life.(
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KEY TO CORRECTIONS
Activity 3.
A. Instructions. Read the given situation below and describe the woman’s decision of
ending her life. Is it suicide or euthanasia ?
Situation: A 75 year old woman who is in need of dialysis three times a week and a
respirator for her breathing has done no treatment to her. She refuses to continue using
it. She later dies.

Answer: This is suicide. The woman experiences unbearable pain, being hopeless of her situation and
being a burden
to others, thus her only option is to end her life voluntarily for having no reason to live.

Score: ______________
Note: Check your answers against the Key to Corrections found at the end of this SAS. Write your
score on your
paper. ( You can also check or consider your answers as long as your ideas are closely
related to the given)

B. Instructions. Compare or contrast Catholics and Islam stance on abortion. Write your answer below.

Moral(Justified) Unethical(not justified)

Religion/Belief

Abortion is a grave moral

wrong/unethical.
This is stated in the Code of
Canon Law (1983): "A person who
Catholics actually procures an abortion
incurs automatic
excommunication" (Canon 1398).
The Church condemned abortion
and states: "You shall not kill the
embryo by abortion and shall not
cause the newborn to perish"
Moral Justification: Muslims regard abortion as
wrong and haram (forbidden), but
All schools of Muslim law accept that many accept that it may be
abortion is permitted if continuing the permitted in certain cases.
Islam pregnancy would put the mother's life
in real danger. This is the only reason Note: It becomes unethical if
accepted for abortion after 120 days abortion is done outside what is
allowed by Muslim law(see the
of the pregnancy.
moral justification)
Some schools of Muslim law permit
abortion in the first 16 weeks of
pregnancy, while others only permit it
in the first 7 weeks.