Termination Of Pregnancy - Fetal Rights Maternal Rights - Paternal Rights

Termination Of Pregnancy - Fetal Rights -
Maternal Rights - Paternal Rights
Names Of the Presenters
Date Of The Presentation

Seminar Outline
• Introduction Of The Topic - Termination Of Pregnancy -
Fetal Rights - Maternal Rights - Paternal Rights.
• Why Termination Of Pregnancy is Of Ethical Concern.
• The Ethical Issues and Ethical Theories in the Termination Of
Pregnancy in regard to Fetal, Maternal and Paternal Rights.
• Legislation that Guides The Practice of Termination of
Pregnancy.
• Relationship of Law and Ethics in Termination Of Pregnancy.

Introduction
What is Termination Of Pregnancy?
• Termination of Pregnancy also commonly known as abortion
refers to the act of removing the pregnancy tissues (Kavanagh
et al. 2018 p20).
• These tissues are the products of conception that include the
fetus and the placenta from the uterus before the embryo
matures.
• Statistics show that around one million women in the UK
choose to end the pregnancy (Montgomery, 2003 p54 ).

Introduction
Two main types of abortions include;
• a medical abortion that involves taking of abortion
medication 24 to 48 hours apart so that to induce a
miscarriage.
• and a surgical abortion which entails a minor surgery
to terminate the pregnancy (Kavanagh et al. 2018
p20).