Deck 5: Legal Issues in Womens Health Care

Question 1

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut established which of the following?

A) Unmarried women's right to privacy in contraception
B) Women's right to choose to have an abortion
C) The right of women younger than 16 years to receive birth control
D) Married couples' right to privacy in contraception

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The U.S. Supreme Court case Carey v. Population Services established which of the following?

A) Unmarried women's right to privacy in contraception
B) Women's right to choose to have an abortion
C) The right of women younger than 16 years to receive birth control
D) Married couples' right to privacy in contraception

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What proportion of pregnancies in the United States are unintended each year?

A) One fourth
B) One third
C) One half
D) Two thirds

Answer 3

C

Question 4

By age 45, what proportion of women have had an abortion in their lifetime?

A) 1 in 10
B) 2 in 10
C) 3 in 10
D) 4 in 10

Question 5

In the U.S. Supreme Court case in which Hobby Lobby challenged an aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, what was the outcome?

A) The Court ruled that the contraception mandate violated religious liberty
B) The Court ruled that Hobby Lobby must provide birth control coverage for its employees
C) The Court ruled that Hobby Lobby must provide abortion coverage for its employees
D) The Court ruled that the individual mandate was unconstitutional

Question 6

Before 1880, what was the status of abortion in the United States?

A) It was prohibited by federal law
B) It was unregulated
C) It was outlawed by individual states, with limited exceptions
D) It was a right legally protected by federal law

Question 7

Which of the following were outcomes of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, 1973? (Select all that apply.)

A) Women were granted the right to choose to have an abortion
B) Human life was defined as beginning at birth
C) States retained the right to restrict and regulate abortion
D) States retained the right to outlaw abortion
E) Physicians retained the right to make decisions regarding abortion with their patients

Question 8

Which of the following are controversial aspects of in vitro fertilization? (Select all that apply.)

A) Allowing parents to select the sex of their child
B) Implanting two to three embryos at a time
C) Allowing parents to implant an embryo for the purpose of harvesting an organ to be donated to a sick sibling
D) Allowing preimplantation genetic testing when a parent has a history of an inheritable genetic disorder
E) Allowing parents to select the hair color, eye color, and skin complexion of a child

Question 9

Which U.S. Supreme Court case involved a child custody battle between parents of an embryo that was mistakenly implanted in another woman and the woman who gave birth to this child?

A) Griswold v. Connecticut
B) Eisenstadt v. Baird
C) Rodgers v. Fasano
D) Doe v. Doe

Question 10

In the case of In re Baby M, 1988, the New Jersey Supreme Court did which of the following?

A) Granted permission for the surrogate mother to have an abortion
B) Awarded custody of the child to the surrogate mother
C) Awarded custody of the child to the father, who was the client and sperm donor
D) Awarded custody of the child to the state

Question 11

Which state has prosecuted a woman for illegal drug use in pregnancy; allowed drug testing on women in a public hospital without their consent and arrested and incarcerated those who tested positive; and convicted a woman of murder after her child was stillborn as a result of her using cocaine?

A) Alabama
B) South Carolina
C) Georgia
D) Texas

Question 12

What percentage of women who have experienced domestic violence are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?

A) 26%
B) 36%
C) 46%
D) 56%