Quick Quiz Human Research, Abortion, Reproductive Technology

Abortion True or False? The Hippocratic oath forbids abortion, but not euthanasia

Abortion True or False? Aristotle believed abortion was a good choice if your family was too large

Abortion Aquinas believed ensoulment occurred: 1.at 40 days for boys, 90 days for girls 2.at baptism 3.at first communion 4.at quickening 5.only for Christians

Genetic Choices “Will you develop Venous Thrombosis?” This is an example of … A.Predictive Testing B.Diagnostic Testing C.Newborn Screening D.Carrier Testing E.Prenatal Testing 5

Genetic Choices Preventing someone’s disease by making sure they never exist is reasoning Dan Brock calls … A.immoral B.incoherent C.indispensible D.inadvertent E.invertebrate 6

Genetic Choices One reason the book offers to stop genetic testing for birth defects is … A.the tests themselves cause defects B.it is disrespectful to disabled people C.no test is ever certain D.tests cause parents anxiety E.none. There is no such reason 7

Abortion Philip Devine argues that what makes it wrong to kill both adults and fetuses is 1.you are causing them pain 2.you are killing the innocent 3.you are killing a living thing 4.you are stealing their future 5.you are killing a human being

Genetic Choices Why does Vaughn think physicians have a general duty to make genetic information hard to acquire? A.People are generally disturbed by it B.It creates a financial burden on healthcare C.Businesses and insurance companies will misuse the information if it gets loose D.Knowledge is power, and power should be kept in the hands of experts 9

Abortion Potential persons are strange because 1.they cannot do anything a person does 2.they get angry so easily 3.they are not persons 4.they only exist when real persons are asleep 5.they are not strange, that is a disputed premise

Abortion If you equate being human with being a person, Vaughn accuses you of speciesism. True or False?

Abortion Michael Tooley believes if continued existence is not in your interest, then you have no right to it True or False?