Deck 7: Health and Reproductive Justice

Question 1

Medicalization is the process whereby normal functions of the body come to be seen as indicative of disease.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Androcentrism in health care implies the ways the health care system in the U.S. is set up to maintain the privileges of white people and provide differential access for people of color.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In 2009 over two-thirds of uninsured women lived in families where they or a partner worked full time.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Native American women are among the largest group of women in U.S. society who have been sterilized against their will.

Question 5

The concept of a two-tier system as used in Chapter 7 implies a medical system that provides exceptional care in the US, but poor care overseas.

Question 6

As a result of environmental toxins, the average man has 20% more testosterone than his father did 20 years ago.

Question 7

It is estimated that approximately 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes.

Question 8

Women are having children later in life today than they have in earlier times.

Question 9

As a result of lawsuits associated with unanticipated side effects, the maker of Norplant no longer markets this device in the United States.

Question 10

At least two-thirds of all women accessing an abortion would have an illegal abortion if the procedure was no longer legal.

Question 11

RU-486 (mifeprex TM) is a type of emergency contraception or "morning-after pill."

Question 12

The U.S. health care system is known as the best in the industrialized world.

Question 13

The now banned chemicals DDT and PCB are examples of xenoestrogens.

Question 14

EC or the "morning-after pill" was approved by the FDA in the late 1990s.

Question 15

The worst stress for the human body is that which we intentionally choose in order to compete in a capitalist society.

Question 16

Approximately 2,000 women become pregnant every year because of rape.

Question 17

Feminists have set up Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) to support women's choices for abortion.

Question 18

AIDS diagnoses for African American women are increasing at a lesser rate than those for white women.

Question 19

In many states pharmacists can use "refusal clauses" to prevent providing medication to women like the "morning-after pill."

Question 20

The Affordable Care Act is President Barack Obama's signature policy.

Question 21

The hormone "patch" such as OrthoEvra must be changed

A) Weekly
B) Monthly
C) Every three months
D) It does not need to be changed except every 5 years

Question 22

The HIV infection rate for African American women is nearly how many times as great than that for white women?

A) Two times
B) Five times
C) Fifteen times
D) Twenty times

Question 23

What disease discussed in Chapter 7 on women and health is discussed in the context of corporate responsibility and environmental issues?

A) Lung cancer from second-hand smoking
B) Breast cancer
C) Heart disease
D) Diabetes

Question 24

By the year 2030, women will make up what percentage of people over 85 years?

A) 64%
B) 73%
C) 81%
D) 92%

Question 25

The contraceptive depo-provera:

A) Consists of 6 flexible capsules inserted in the upper arm that release
Progestin
B) Is an intrauterine device that prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum
C) Is a flexible, transparent ring that is inserted into the vagina monthly
D) Is an injection of synthetic hormone that suppresses ovulation

Question 26

The contraceptive practice that protects against HIV infection is:

A) The pill
B) The condom
C) Intrauterine devices
D) All of the above

Question 27

Eugenics is the practice and belief that:

A) All people have the right to reproduce
B) Only certain groups should reproduce
C) Birth control should be universally available
D) Voluntary motherhood should be a right of all women

Question 28

What Supreme Court ruling removed the states' ban on abortion?

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Griswold v. Connecticut
C) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
D) Harris v. Mc Rae

Question 29

The Supreme Court ruling that removed the ban on abortion occurred when?

A) 1966
B) 1973
C) 1976
D) 1984

Question 30

The Hyde Amendment and accompanying Supreme Court ruling (Beal v. Doe, 1977) gave the states the right to

A) Introduce parental notification and consent laws prior for minors
B) Introduce viability tests prior to abortion
C) Decide whether Medicaid funds would be spent on abortion
D) Provide freedom of access to clinic entrances

Question 31

When did the Supreme Court remove the ban on contraceptives for married persons?

A) Late nineteenth century
B) Right after World War I
C) Right after World War II
D) Mid 1960s

Question 32

What laws regulated contraception in the U.S.?

A) Smith laws
B) Sanger laws
C) Comstock laws
D) Gorney laws

Question 33

According to the most recent Gallup poll, what percentage of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in some or all circumstances?

A) 35%
B) 41%
C) 70%
D) 62%

Question 34

Whose motto is "pro-woman pro-life"?

A) Operation Rescue
B) National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
C) Feminist Majority Foundation
D) Feminists for Life
E) None of the above

Question 35

The "Laci Peterson law"

A) Gave a fetus the same rights as the mother
B) Prevents states from using Medicaid funds
C) Legalized abortion
D) Gave states the right to impose parental notification laws

Question 36

The 1992 Supreme Court ruling Planned Parenthood v. Casey

A) Upheld parental notification
B) Upheld limitations on public spending on abortion
C) Provided for freedom of access to clinic entrances
D) Both (a) and (b)
E) None of the above

Question 37

Reading "On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice" Jallicia Jolly
-According to Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice"), proponents of reproductive justice focus solely on abortion rights.

Question 38

Reading "On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice" Jallicia Jolly
-According to Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice"), intersectionality serves as a theoretical framework for the reproductive justice movement.

Question 39

Reading "On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice" Jallicia Jolly
-The term misogynoir was coined by Moya Bailey to describe the intersection of racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness (Jallicia Jolly/"On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice").

Question 40

Reading "On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice" Jallicia Jolly
-Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice") argues that state-sanctioned violence against women of color includes the following:

A) Involuntary mass sterilization
B) Murders by law enforcement
C) Removal of children from their mothers
D) Destruction of the welfare system
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (b) and (c)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 41

Reading "On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice" Jallicia Jolly
-Jallicia Jolly ("On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice") argues that a transnational approach to reproductive justice will allow scholars and activists to

A) Take concerns about U.S. policies to the United Nations
B) Focus on global eco-feminism
C) Envision strategies to support multiply marginalized women of color across the world
D) Both (a) and (b)
E) Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 42

Reading "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa" Sarah Combellick-Bidney
-Sarah Combellick-Bidney's article "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights" provides a comprehensive description of reproductive rights in the Global South.

Question 43

Reading "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa" Sarah Combellick-Bidney
-In her article "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights," Sarah Combellick-Bidney makes the case that human rights and reproductive rights are intersectional and interdependent.

Question 44

Reading "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa" Sarah Combellick-Bidney
-International laws offer strict protections for the reproductive rights of people affected with HIV/AIDS (Sarah Combellick-Bidney/"Reproductive Rights as Human Rights").

Question 45

Reading "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa" Sarah Combellick-Bidney
-According Sarah Combellick-Bidney, author of "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights," telling stories of individuals in the Global South can help bolster the connection between human rights and reproductive rights because stories help

A) Translate issues across diverse publics
B) Destigmatize reproductive issues
C) Humanize statistics
D) Dispel stereotypes
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 46

Reading "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa" Sarah Combellick-Bidney
-In "Reproductive Rights as Human Rights," Sarah Combellick-Bidney argues that the issue of contemporary abortion rights is particularly complicate to navigate in India for which of the following reasons?

A) A history of sex-selective abortions
B) Colonial laws preventing abortions
C) Lack of understanding about the need for safe abortions
D) The high rate of infertility among Indian women

Question 47

Reading "Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race-Our Patients Depend on It" Aisha Wagner
-Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") notes that Black women are three times more likely to die because of pregnancy-related causes than White women.

Question 48

Reading "Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race-Our Patients Depend on It" Aisha Wagner
-Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") celebrates the intensive education she received in medical school that explained and validated the Black community's distrust of the medical practitioners.

Question 49

Reading "Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race-Our Patients Depend on It" Aisha Wagner
-U.S. women can use federal funds for sterilization procedures but not for abortions (Aisha Wagner/"Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race").

Question 50

Reading "Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race-Our Patients Depend on It" Aisha Wagner
-Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") argues that doctors need to talk openly about race to their patients for which of the following reasons?

A) Doctors need to better understand patients' racialized treatment experiences
B) Doctors can help transform the way that people of color are treated in the U.S. health care system
C) Doctors can teach every patient about Black History Month
D) Doctors can recommend that Norplant be a requirement for welfare recipients
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 51

Reading "Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race-Our Patients Depend on It" Aisha Wagner
-Aisha Wagner ("Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race") discusses the ways that people of color have been discriminated against in the healthcare system. Which of the following is not related to a discriminatory practice?

A) The "Father of Modern Gynecology" perfected his practices on un-anesthetized Black slaves
B) Norplant was marketed exclusively to low-income women and teens
C) Pregnancy-related deaths are three times more likely for Black women than for White women
D) None, they all relate to discriminatory practices

Question 52

Reading "On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations" Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
-In their article "On Being Transnational and Transgender," Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto argue that anti-transgender bias and structural violence are two enduring issues facing transgender people.

Question 53

Reading "On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations" Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
-Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto ("On Being Transnational and Transgender") note that transgender women attempt to immigrate to the U.S. from Mexico because they experience systemic gender violence in their home country.

Question 54

Reading "On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations" Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
-Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto ("On Being Transnational and Transgender") note that transgender women who live in the Global South do not generally face the same levels of violence as those who live in the Global North.

Question 55

Reading "On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations" Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
-In "On Being Transnational and Transgender," Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto argue that transgender rights must be acknowledged within a larger human rights framework in order to

A) Provide a justification for allowing transgender immigrants to enter the U.S. illegally
B) Treat transgender people affected by communicable diseases
C) Address the needs of individual immigrants to the U.S.
D) Address the needs of transgender people globally within a human rights framework
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 56

Reading "On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations" Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto
-In "On Being Transnational and Transgender," Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto note that transgender women often face violence and discrimination from

A) Family members
B) Police
C) Religious authorities
D) Employers
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 57

Reading "Offline: Racism-The Pathology We Choose to Ignore" Richard Horton
-In "Offline," Richard Horton argues that medical and public health professionals do not have a role in the fight against hate, racism, xenophobia, and terror.

Question 58

Reading "Offline: Racism-The Pathology We Choose to Ignore" Richard Horton
-In "Offline," Richard Horton argues that public health professionals have compromised their positions as leaders for social and political reforms.

Question 59

Reading "Offline: Racism-The Pathology We Choose to Ignore" Richard Horton
-In "Offline," Richard Horton argues that politicians' racist rhetoric has a direct and negative impact on citizens' health.

Question 60

Reading "Offline: Racism-The Pathology We Choose to Ignore" Richard Horton
-In "Offline," Richard Horton insists that public health professionals do which of the following?

A) Join the public discussion about xenophobia and racism
B) Focus on populations that are the most vulnerable
C) Participate in anti-immigrant rallies
D) Refuse to treat immigrants
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 61

Reading "Offline: Racism-The Pathology We Choose to Ignore" Richard Horton
-In "Offline," Richard Horton argues that terrorists emerge from which kinds of communities?

A) Those where citizens have adequate civil protections
B) Those where citizens lack health care, jobs, safety
C) Those where immigrants' concerns are listened to and valued
D) Those where immigrants do not experience hatred and violence

Question 62

Reading "Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief" Kate Horowitz
-In her essay "Performance of a Lifetime," Kate Horowitz argues that doctors told her that her illness was psychological because she is a woman.

Question 63

Reading "Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief" Kate Horowitz
-On average, a woman in pain in the emergency room gets treated an average of 16 minutes faster than a man in pain in the emergency room (Kate Horowitz/"Performance of a Lifetime").

Question 64

Reading "Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief" Kate Horowitz
-Conversion disorder is a modern-day diagnosis for hysteria (Kate Horowitz/"Performance of a Lifetime").

Question 65

Reading "Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief" Kate Horowitz
-Kate Horowitz argues that medical students are not taught about hEDS, pots, and mcas because those diseases are

A) Incredibly rare
B) Usually diagnosed in women
C) Easy to spot on a CT scan
D) Caused by conversion disorder

Question 66

Reading "Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief" Kate Horowitz
-Kate Horowitz ("Performance of a Lifetime") argues that medical professionals need to

A) Listen carefully to their patients' subjective experiences
B) Focus on symptoms that are seemingly unrelated
C) Prescribe Xanax for pain
D) Learn what the acronyms hEDS, pots, and mcas stand for
E) Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above