Deck 16: The New Science of Motherhood

Question 1

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. hereditary unit
b. fertilized egg
c. ART
d. carries a child for another
e. coordinator of services
in vitro fertilization

Answer 1

C

Question 2

List some of the assisted reproductive technologies.

Answer 2

Artificial insemination by donor, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, in
vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, zygote intrafallopian transfer, embryo
transplant, uterine embryo lavage, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, low tubal ovum
transfer.

Question 3

What is provided in Alternative A of the Uniform Status of Children of Assisted Conception Act?

Answer 3

Under this alternative, the state would allow surrogate agreements and regulate
them. A court hearing would be held at which both parties would be required to submit
medical evidence to prove that the would-be mother cannot bear her own child and that
the surrogate mother is mentally and physically fit to bear the child. The proposal also
would allow the surrogate mother to withdraw from the agreement up to 180 days into
her pregnancy.

Question 4

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. hereditary unit
b. fertilized egg
c. ART
d. carries a child for another
e. coordinator of services
gene

Question 5

What are the different categories of surrogacy?

Question 6

What are some of the arguments against allowing surrogate contracts?

Question 7

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. hereditary unit
b. fertilized egg
c. ART
d. carries a child for another
e. coordinator of services
broker

Question 8

In some states, it is illegal to give birth to a child for the sole purpose of surrendering it to another person for adoption.

Question 9

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. hereditary unit
b. fertilized egg
c. ART
d. carries a child for another
e. coordinator of services
embryo

Question 10

What are the two tests used to determine who is the natural legal mother of the child when the surrogate mother refuses to turn the child over to the intended parents?

Question 11

If surrogate contracts are illegal in New Jersey, why was Baby M given to the parties who arranged the surrogate contract rather than to the surrogate mother?

Question 12

In Louisiana, a viable in vitro fertilized human ovum is a juridical person that shall not be intentionally destroyed.

Question 13

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. hereditary unit
b. fertilized egg
c. ART
d. carries a child for another
e. coordinator of services
surrogate

Question 14

When a couple cannot agree on the disposition of frozen embryos, how does Tennessee resolve the question?

Question 15

IVF is an ART.