Deck 15: Procreation and Ethical Dilemmas

Question 1

The premature termination of pregnancy is called ___________.

A) sterilization
B) artificial insemination
C) abortion
D) salpingectomy

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The case that paved the way for women to have the right to choose an abortion was ___________.

A) Doe v. Bolton
B) Canterbury v. Spence
C) Weaver v. Reagan
D) Roe v. Wade

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The provisions of the Georgia statute establishing residency requirements for women seeking abortions and requiring that the procedure be performed in a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals were declared constitutionally invalid in ___________.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Danforth v. Planned Parenthood
C) Doe v. Bolton
D) Maher v. Roe

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to require all women under the age of 18 to obtain parental consent in writing prior to obtaining an abortion in ___________.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Danforth v. Planned Parenthood
C) Doe v. Bolton
D) Maher v. Roe

Question 5

The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional right of women to have an abortion before viability of the fetus, as first annunciated in Roe v. Wade, in ___________.

A) Bellotti v. Baird
B) Harris v. McRae
C) H.L. v. Matheson
D) Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Question 6

The surgical technique to prevent a male or female from having the ability to produce offspring is ___________.

A) artificial insemination
B) therapeutic sterilization
C) sterilization
D) eugenic sterilization

Question 7

A preferred way to prevent pregnancy is by means of (a) ___________.

A) tubal ligation
B) insemination
C) vasectomy
D) vasectomy and tubal ligation

Question 8

The sterilization of persons within certain classes or categories (e.g., mentally deficient) not requiring patient consent is ___________ sterilization.

A) therapeutic
B) vasectomy
C) eugenic
D) salpingectomy

Question 9

Sterilization because of medical necessity is ___________.

A) eugenic
B) therapeutic
C) vasectomy
D) diagnostic

Question 10

The injection of seminal fluid into a woman to induce pregnancy is ___________.

A) vasectomy
B) heterologous insemination
C) homologous insemination
D) heterologous or homologous insemination

Question 11

When a woman is impregnated using the semen of her spouse, this is ___________.

A) homologous insemination
B) heterologous insemination
C) eugenic insemination
D) salpingectomy

Question 12

When a woman is impregnated using the semen of a nonspousal donor, this is ___________.

A) homologous insemination
B) heterologous insemination
C) eugenic sterilization
D) vasectomy

Question 13

Therapeutic sterilizations due to medical necessity are performed ___________.

A) to protect the health of the woman
B) to remove diseased organs
C) to protect one's health and remove diseased organs
D) to limit population growth

Question 14

Employees ___________.

A) must participate in all abortions
B) must participate in abortions as a matter of conscience
C) must participate in abortions for religious reasons
D) can refuse to participate in abortions based on conscience, religious, or moral convictions

Question 15

Sterilizations are often sought because of ___________.

A) economic necessity
B) economic, genetic, and/or economic reasons
C) genetic reasons
D) personal reasons

Question 16

Negligent sterilization can occur when ___________.

A) the patient does not suffer an injury
B) a blood vessel is mistakenly severed
C) if the physician intervenes in a timely manner when the patient is injured as a result of sterilization
D) if the physician fails to intervene in a timely manner when the patient is injured as a result of the sterilization and/or a blood vessel is negligently cut

Question 17

Voluntary sterilization is the subject of many debates ___________.

A) due to congressional objections
B) due to the high cost of the procedure
C) as a result of religious, moral, and ethical issues
D) due to objections by the state in which the person seeking an abortion resides

Question 18

A sterilization for eugenic purposes ___________.

A) should be performed as provided for in a state's statutes
B) should never be performed unless provided for by hospital policy
C) should be performed strictly in an outpatient clinic
D) should be performed on all prisoners who have committed a felony

Question 19

Artificial insemination is ___________.

A) is the result of an early abortion
B) the injection of seminal fluid into a woman to induce pregnancy
C) illegal by federal law
D) the injection of seminal fluid from a donor other than the husband

Question 20

In Oklahoma, artificial insemination statues specify ___________.

A) that sterilizations procedures are prohibited by law
B) that local ordinances must be developed for the sterilization process
C) all records must be remain public
D) a original copy of the consent be filed pursuant to the rules for the filing of adoption papers and is not to be made a matter of public record

Question 21

Surrogacy is a method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to give birth to a child ___________.

A) she will raise
B) she will raise for financial consideration
C) she will not raise
D) raised by the state

Question 22

A wrongful life claim is generally brought by the parents or child who claims ___________.

A) harm suffered by being born
B) there is no legal right to be born
C) they have suffered no harm as a result of not being born
D) there is a legal right to be born

Question 23

Damages sought for a negligently performed sterilization might include ___________.

A) damages for the birth of an unwanted child
B) expenses related to the negligent performance of the sterilization
C) birth of a healthy child
D) father's loss of consortium

Question 24

Current eugenic sterilization statutes ___________.

A) allow for the performance of castrations
B) provide for salpingectomy as the preferred method of castration
C) permit castration in most cases
D) provide for vasectomy or salpingectomy as the preferred method of castration

Question 25

Physicians are feeling the pressure ___________.

A) for performing elective abortions
B) for charging too much for abortions
C) for performing abortions in outpatient clinics
D) for performing early abortions without consent

Question 26

Arkansas code defines partial-birth abortion as an abortion ___________.

A) in which the person performing the abortion vaginally delivers a living fetus and takes the life of the fetus after completing the delivery
B) all parties of the abortion procedure are to be held harmless for performing the abortion
C) in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before taking the life of the fetus and completing the delivery
D) in which the abortion is done during the first trimester of life

Question 27

In 1992, the Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey confirmed ___________.

A) a state may not place any restrictions on previability abortions in asserting an interest in protecting fetal life,
B) the state's power to restrict abortions after fetal viability, as long as the law contains exceptions for pregnancies that endanger a woman's life or health
C) the right of the fetus is greater than the rights of the mother
D) the father's rights are equal to those of the fetus

Question 28

The provisions of the Georgia statute ___________.

A) establishing residency requirements for women seeking abortions was declared constitutionally valid
B) requiring that the procedure be performed in a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission was declared constitutionally valid
C) establishing medical staff approval as a prerequisite to the abortion procedure was declared constitutionally valid
D) requiring the "interposition of the hospital abortion committee" was found to be unduly restrictive of the patient's rights and needs

Question 29

The Supreme Court in H.L. v. Matheson ruled that it is not an undue burden to require that ___________.

A) a woman be informed of the nature of the abortion procedure and the risks involved
B) a woman be offered information on the fetus and on the alternatives to abortion
C) parental notice be given when possible in situations where an immature, dependent minor seeks an abortion
D) a woman give her informed consent before the abortion procedure

Question 30

Wrongful conception refers to a claim for damages sustained by the parents of an unexpected child based on an allegations that ___________.

A) the conception of the child was due to negligent sterilization procedures
B) a defective contraceptive device was responsible for the negligent birth
C) a contraceptive device was working as designed
D) the conception of a child resulted from proper sterilization procedures