bi·o·eth·ics
“a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bioethics)
By definition bioethics is a link between ethics and advancements in technology and medicine. It observes the ethical as well as unethical side of, for example birthcontrol. Birthcontrol is a drug that helps prevent unwanted pregancies. The ethical outlook on this drug would be that it decrease’s abortion rate, which is considered very unethical. On the other hand birthcontrol leads to less consideration and caution of intercourse which is also unethical. Bioethics is a field of study that observes medicine and technology in a way such as this.