Abortion lesson two - Millthorpe School York
Abortion lesson two - Millthorpe School York
Abortion lesson two - Millthorpe School York
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Lesson objective• The aim of this <strong>lesson</strong> is toexamine the law regardingabortion and understandthe <strong>two</strong> different opinionsabout abortion – pro life andpro choice.
Lesson outcomes• All will be able to explain the terms“pro life” and “pro choice” and give anargument used by each side• Most will be able to give <strong>two</strong> reasonswhether they agree or disagree withabortion law.• Some will be able to evaluate pro-lifeand pro-choice arguments beforebeing able to explain which they agreewith the most.
Before 1967 abortion was illegal in the U.K.(200,000 probably occurring illegally).The 1967 <strong>Abortion</strong> ActThe <strong>Abortion</strong> Act made abortion legal if :• 2 doctors agree• it is carried out before 28th week• The mothers life is at risk.• If it will cause risk to any existing membersof the family• It is necessary to avoid permanent injury,physical or psychological to the mother.• There is real risk that the baby would be bornhandicapped or deformed.• The 1990 Human Fertilisation and EmbryologyAct lowered the time of viability to 24 weeks.
“<strong>Abortion</strong> law in the UK doesn’t protectthe unborn child enough”Do you agree? Give <strong>two</strong> reasons foryour point of view.“I agree/disagree because….”“Another reason why I agree/disagreeis….”
"In the thirties, my aunt died self-aborting. She had threechildren and couldn't feed a fourth ... So she used a knittingneedle. She died of septicemia leaving her childrenmotherless."• Prior to 1967 around 100,000 illegalabortions were carried out each year inBritain.• It is estimated that 35,000 women werehospitalised each year due to botchedbackstreet abortions in Britain.• Every day 55,000 unsafe abortions takeplace around the world, 95 percent ofthem in developing countries. They causeone in eight maternal deaths.• <strong>Abortion</strong> is illegal in Ireland, Portugal,Malta and Poland except in extremecircumstances.• Last year over 1,000 women werehospitalised after unsafe abortions.Why was The <strong>Abortion</strong>Act so important,especially to womenseeking an abortion?
A world without abortion..?• What are the problemsassociated withbackstreet abortionsmentioned by DianeMunday?
Pro life or pro choice?• There are <strong>two</strong> different ways oflooking at abortion….Pro life OR Pro choice
PRO LIFEPeople who believe that the child hasa right to life.PRO CHOICEPeople who believe that the mothershould be able to choose whether tohave an abortion.
1) Read the different arguments onthe printed sheet2) Decide which arguments are prolifeand write pro-life next tothem.3) Write pro-choice next to therest.4) Complete the task on the back ofthe sheet.
Plenary: 5-5-1Summarise today’s topic in 5sentences.Reduce to 5 words.Now to 1 word.
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