Deck 12: In Vitro Fertilization Ivf and Abortion Ethics

Question 1

Who was the first human to have been born from an embryo that had been fertilized outside a human body

A)Roe v Wade
B)Louise Brown
C)Nancy Morrison
D)Dolly

Answer 1

Louise Brown

Question 2

Who introduced the in vitro fertilization technology?

A)Watson and Crick
B)Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe
C)Nancy Morrison and Tennison
D)none of these

Answer 2

Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe

Question 3

IVF means:

A)In vitro function
B)in vitro fertilization
C)internal visual function
D)none of these

Answer 3

in vitro fertilization

Question 4

IVF is related with:

A)Reproductive technology
B)Health care system
C)Organ transplantation
D)Euthanasia

Question 5

Which technology is now considered as a routine procedure for certain types of infertility

A)Radiation
B)ICSSI
C)Lasik
D)IVF

Question 6

The IVF procedure often produces -------------- for a single safe transplantation.

A)only one embryo
B)more number of embryos
C)two embryos
D)none of these

Question 7

In an IVF Procedure embryos can be screened for genetic abnormalities, and then -------- if such abnormalities are found.

A)maintained.
B)discarded
C)treated
D)transplanted

Question 8

Who has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF develops blood stem cells from the 17th days after fertilization?

A)Edwards
B)Nancy Morrison
C)Watson
D)none of these

Question 9

Edwards has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF develops blood stem cells from the ----- days after fertilization.

A)14th
B)20th
C)17th
D)10th

Question 10

Edwards has predicted that the embryo which is produced by IVF develops --- -------from the 17th days after fertilization.

A)Cardiac activity
B)blood circulation
C)blood stem cells
D)brain activity

Question 11

The first anatomical feature, the so-called primitive streak, appears after the - -------day of fertilisation

A)14th
B)20th
C)17th
D)10th

Question 12

Primitive streak will develop as:

A)blood stem cell
B)heart
C)brain
D)back bone

Question 13

It is wrong to kill an innocent human being. A human fetus is an innocent human being. Therefore it is wrong to kill a human fetus. - Who holds this argument?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 14

A human fetus is not an innocent human being- Who holds this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 15

"We must either upgrade the status of the earliest embryo to that of the child, or downgrade the status of the child to that of the embryo."- Who advocates this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 16

Liberalists argued that, -----------------is the most visible possible dividing line between fertilized egg and child.

A)birth
B)growth
C)pain
D)consciousness

Question 17

Who argued that, Birth is the most visible possible dividing line between fertilized egg and child?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 18

The location of a being - inside or outside the womb - should not make that much difference to the wrongness of killing it. Who holds this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 19

Conservatives argued --------- have the same human features and the same degree of awareness and capacity for feeling pain.

A)child
B)cell
C)embryo
D)none of these

Question 20

The conservative explains that the -----------------is the same entity, whether inside or outside the womb.

A)baby / grown up
B)baby/ plant
C)fetus/ baby
D)none of these

Question 21

In Roe v.Wade case the United States Supreme Court considered --------------- - is the mark for the continuation of the life of the fetus.

A)birth
B)quickening
C)genetic difference
D)viability

Question 22

The point at which the fetus can survive outside the mother's body varies according to the-----------------------.

A)state of medical technology
B)mental ability
C)state of climate
D)none of these

Question 23

The fetus is totally dependent on the mother for its survival means that it has no right to life independent of her wishes. Who express this position?

A)liberalists
B)conservatives
C)feminists
D)none of these

Question 24

--------------------- is the time when the mother first feels the fetus move

A)birth
B)conception
C)Quickening
D)none of these

Question 25

In traditional Catholic theology, quickening was thought to be the moment at which the fetus gained its -------.

A)brain
B)mind
C)soul
D)life