Deck 12: Ethical Issues Relating to Life

Question 1

Castration or sterilization of another person without legal permission is considered to be

A) a misdemeanor.
B) legal.
C) assault and battery.
D) an automatic life sentence.

Answer 1

assault and battery.

Question 2

A woman's right to privacy, including the right to an abortion, is guaranteed by

A) Griswold v. Connecticut.
B) Roe v. Wade.
C) Roe v. Texas.
D) Griswold v. Roe.

Answer 2

Roe v. Wade.

Question 3

A person appointed by the court to speak on behalf of an incapacitated party is called the

A) respondeat superior.
B) guardian ad litem.
C) guardian.
D) conscience.

Answer 3

guardian ad litem.

Question 4

Voluntary sterilization of unmarried minors is

A) common in most states.
B) forbidden in many states.
C) allowed with authorization of the minor and parent or guardian in some states.
D) b and c.

Question 5

The process of medically altering reproductive organs to prevent the possibility of producing children is

A) hysterectomy.
B) vasectomy.
C) contraception.
D) sterilization.

Question 6

AID is the same as

A) acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
B) artificial insemination donor.
C) artificial insemination disorder.
D) autoimmune disorder.

Question 7

AID records are

A) confidential.
B) not a public record.
C) handled the same as adoption papers.
D) all of the above.

Question 8

In the stage of human development between the 2^nd and 12^th week, the developing life is

A) an embryo.
B) a fetus.
C) a zygote.
D) viable.

Question 9

Initially, Roe v. Wade said that during the third trimester of pregnancy, the state

A) did not require the physician performing an abortion to be licensed.
B) only regulated the medical conditions under which an abortion may be performed.
C) may prohibit abortions except to save the life of the mother.
D) did not require a viable fetus to be protected until the 7^th month.

Question 10

The termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable is called

A) stillbirth.
B) induced abortion.
C) spontaneous abortion.
D) b and c.

Question 11

The most common legal and ethical concern related to AID is

A) legitimacy of the procedure.
B) legitimacy of the child and its support.
C) the possibility of battery by the parent.
D) lack of consent by the potential mother.

Question 12

Eugenic sterilization is

A) considered unethical by many people.
B) sterilization of criminals, especially those who are incarcerated for life.
C) the common practice of sterilization of the cognitively impaired.
D) all of the above.

Question 13

Recommendations from the Roe v. Wade decision included all of the following except

A) first semester abortions should be performed in hospitals.
B) viability of the fetus is not required.
C) the woman should receive counseling before having the abortion.
D) the father's consent should be obtained.

Question 14

In vitro fertilization occurs as a result of

A) ovum and sperm combining inside the female body.
B) growth of the fertilized ovum in the laboratory.
C) implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus.
D) b and c.

Question 15

Surrogate motherhood allows the

A) surrogate mother to keep the child.
B) parents to pay for the child.
C) surrogate mother to be paid for medical expenses.
D) all of the above.

Question 16

The use of fertility drugs

A) decreases the chance of multiple births.
B) increases the chance of multiple births.
C) does not change the chance of multiple births.
D) rarely increases the chance of a pregnancy.

Question 17

Any action taken to prevent pregnancy from occurring is

A) sterilization.
B) conception.
C) fertilization.
D) contraception.

Question 18

An employee can abstain from assisting in an abortion procedure as a matter of

A) conscience.
B) religious conviction.
C) opinion.
D) a and b.

Question 19

The gestational period is the

A) time before conception.
B) time after birth.
C) time from conception to birth.
D) all of the above.

Question 20

Sterilization requires

A) written consent.
B) a mentally competent adult.
C) consent from the spouse.
D) a and b.

Question 21

A means to detect couples who are at risk of passing on a genetic disease to their offspring is called

A) genetic manipulation.
B) genetic counseling.
C) eugenics.
D) amniocentesis.

Question 22

Right-to-life advocates argue all of the following except

A) no one has the right to deny a life.
B) the embryo is a human life.
C) it is morally wrong to take a human life.
D) the right of the unborn child takes precedence over the right of the mother. delete
E)all of the above

Question 23

The conscience clause refers to

A) hospitals not choosing to perform sterilization procedures.
B) physicians and hospital personnel not being required to participate in sterilizations.
C) a and b.
D) none of the above.

Question 24

Pro-choice advocates believe that

A) women have the right to choose what to do with their bodies.
B) legalized abortions are safer for the woman.
C) a woman has the right to an abortion when she is the victim of rape or incest.
D) all of the above.

Question 25

The study of heredity and its variations was discovered by

A) George Aryan.
B) Adolf Hitler.
C) Gregor Mendel.
D) Tay-Sachs.