UK Law;

1
Religion, morality life We all make moral
decisions. Believers base their morality upon
the teachings of the faith they follow. believe
that life is sacred as it is a gift from God.
Fertility treatment Fertility treatment can be
given to those couples who cant conceive
naturally.

• Surrogacy
• Usually the surrogate mothers egg and fathers
  sperm are used, with pregnancy being achieved by
  AI.
• The father automatically has equal rights over
  the child with the surrogate mother.
• After 6 weeks both parents can apply for a
  Parental Order, removing any claim the surrogate
  mother had.

• IVF AI
• Involves the collection of sperm, which Roman
  Catholics see as spilling the seed of life, so
  are against.
• AID is often most objected to because
• Donor is a stranger
• Could be seen as adultery
• Allows unmarried women to have children
• Allows gay couples to have children
• Problems from the child later in life when they
  find out
• Donor may not want identity to be revealed

OR If the genetic mother has working ovaries
then a surrogate can carry the baby conceived
through IVF from the parents eggs and sperm. Here
the surrogate MUST hand over the baby at birth.
Transplants transfusions Organs can not be
sold for transplants in the UK. Patients will be
required to take medication for the rest of their
lives to prevent rejection.
UK Law The surrogate can be paid expenses, but
must receive no fee.

• Against IVF
• Not natural so against God.
• Wrong people parents
• Expensive no guarantee of pregnancy

• For IVF
• Compassion
• Everyone has the right to be a parent
• Child maybe loved more
• God has given the intelligence to develop
  technique

Matters of life

• Human transplants
• Organs can be given by live donors kidneys,
  part of liver, small bowel, pancreas bone
  marrow
• Can be taken from patients who are brain dead, a
  machine keeps then alive until the organs can
  be harvested
• Have to carry donor card
• Link to sanctity, quality value of life

• Animal organ transplants
• Mainly pig organs or products used (insulin was
  first harvested from pigs)
• Acceptable for Muslims as a last resort

Transfusions Jehovahs Witnesses believe that
life is carried in the blood, so will not have
transfusions. They will accept bloodless
transplants. NO other Christians believe this.
2
Human genetic engineering The ability to change
the genes in a cell to allow cures to be found
for genetic disorders. Scientist have now
mapped the entire length of human DNA.
Designer babies In theory this is possible,
scientists in USA have developed a genetically
modified embryo
UK Law Human Fertilisation Embryology Bill May
2008 Aims to define what UK scientists can and
cant do
No further genetic experimentation is allowed
after this point

• Against
• Encourages scientist to play God
• Creates many unused embryos that are destroyed
  murder (Roman Catholics)
• Maybe used to cure deafness or blindness
• Removes sanctity of life

• For
• Prevent disease
• Allow healthy babies to be born
• Good quality of life for baby

Reproductive An identical copy of an animal,
plant or even human, however it is ILLEGAL to
clone humans. Most famous clone Dolly the sheep
Problems March 08 Clinical tests of drug
TGN1412 go wrong
Human hybrids experiments Hybrids Scientists
have created a cow-human hybrid that had survived
for 3 days. It is hoped that it can be used to
treat Parkinson's or Alzheimer's
disease. Experiments Is testing on animals
reliable?? All drugs undergo a final stage of
testing on humans, it is usually safe for the
paid volunteers
Cloning The creation of a genetically identical
organism. There are 2 types
Lab testing (animals) Human testing (3
stages) Drug is licenced
Religious beliefs Christianity Psalm 139 13,
15 Leviticus 1918 Leviticus 1711 Exodus 2013
Therapeutic Also known as stem-cell cloning.
Allows biological material to be cloned from
cells that have not been determined fewer organ
shortages in the future?
UK Law UK labs are strictly licenced, embryos
are destroyed at 14 days.