Deck 11: Abortion

Question 1

A conceptus means the developing human individual from the eighth week.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Abortion is legal in all but a few states in the US.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

From an antiabortionist point of view, the Domino argument is that

A)abortion will lead to a loss of reverence for human life.
B)abortion will lead to pre-teen sex.
C)abortion defies God's will.
D)abortion will lead to the loss of humane institutions for children.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The central argument for abortion is that

A)nobody knows when life begins.
B)women have primary rights over their own bodies.
C)abortion is a contraceptive practice.
D)adoption doesn't work.

Question 5

A zygote is defined as

A)a developing individual from the second week of gestation.
B)a developing individual from the eighth week.
C)a group of cells that result form the meeting of the sperm and egg.
D)that which has been conceived.

Question 6

It was Bill Clinton who said that "killing is brutalizing and criminalizing for the killer."

Question 7

Human life begins at conception is the view generally of those

A)opposed to abortion.
B)in favor of abortion.
C)in favor of abortion very early on.
D)opposed to abortion after the sixth week.

Question 8

The conceptus does not have absolute rights to life nor does the pregnant woman have absolute rights over her own body is the position of

A)pro-life.
B)pro-choice.
C)moderates.
D)nobody.

Question 9

From a pro-life perspective who is ultimately responsible for sexual activity?

A)Men
B)Women
C)Men and Women
D)Nobody

Question 10

By the end of the fourth week after conception the embryo looks like a newt or tadpole with gills and a tail.

Question 11

In 1800 there was not a single statute concerning abortion in the US.

Question 12

Amniocentesis is the most widespread abortion procedure.

Question 13

The most prevalent method of abortion is

A)hysterectomy.
B)partial birth.
C)saline.
D)uterine aspiration.

Question 14

The strong pro-choice position is that life begins at birth.

Question 15

Brain waves typical of adult human brains do not appear until the

A)10^th week.
B)13^th week.
C)30^th week.
D)birth.

Question 16

For many moderates abortion is an unresolvable conflict of absolutes.

Question 17

Viability occurs between the 15^th and 17^th weeks.

Question 18

In the famous 1977 Stove v.Wade decision at the supreme court in Wimbledon, abortion became legal.

Question 19

Who wrote the "ethical problems of abortion"?

A)Daniel Callahan
B)John Stuart Mill
C)George Bush
D)Sissela Bok

Question 20

The moderate argument for abortion takes the

A)conception view of when life begins.
B)birth view of when life begins.
C)developmental view of when life begins.
D)viability view of when life begins.