Montao, Rose Aura V. IV- E.

Delos Santos
Abortion
Is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.

Suicide
Is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. People may consider suicide when they are hopeless and can't see any other solution to their problems. Often it's related to serious depression, alcohol or substance abuse, or a major stressful event.

Mutilation or maiming
Is an act of physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of any living body, sometimes causing death. Some ethnic groups practice ritual mutilation, e.g. scarification, burning, flagellation, tattooing, circumcision or wheeling, as part of a rite of passage. In some cases, the term may apply to treatment of dead bodies, such as soldiers mutilated after they have been killed by an enemy.

Terrorism
Is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or, ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).

Alcoholism
The term "alcoholism" refers to a disease known as alcohol dependence syndrome, the most severe stage of a group of drinking problems which begins with binge drinking and alcohol abuse.

Euthanasia
Refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. It is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate

intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering" In the Netherlands, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient".

Surrogate Motherhood In surrogate motherhood, one woman acts as a surrogate, or replacement, mother for another woman, sometimes called the intended mother, who either cannot produce fertile eggs or cannot carry a pregnancy through to birth, or term. Surrogate mothering can be accomplished in a number of ways. Most often, the husband's sperm is implanted in the surrogate by a procedure called Artificial Insemination. In this case, the surrogate mother is both the genetic mother and the birth, or gestational mother, of the child. This method of surrogacy is sometimes called traditional surrogacy.