Chapter 2

Question 1

Arises when a choice must be made between unpleasant alternatives

Answer 1

Ethical dilemma

Question 2

Termination of pregnancy by removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo before it is viable

Answer 2

Abortion

Question 3

Termination of the ability to produce offspring

Answer 3

Sterilization

Question 4

Vas deferens is severed and tied to prevent the flow of the seminal fluid into the urinary canal

Answer 4

Vasectomy

Question 5

Fallopian tubes are cut and tied preventing the passage of the ovum from the ovary to the uterus

Answer 5

Tubal ligation

Question 6

What are some reasons why sterilization is often pursued?

Answer 6

Birth control, economic necessity, therapeutic necessity, genetic concerns

Question 7

Sterilization to preserve life or health

Answer 7

Therapeutic sterilization

Question 8

Involuntary sterilization of certain categories of persons described in statutes, without the need for consent by, or on behalf of, those subject to the procedures

Answer 8

Eugenic sterilization

Question 9

Claim for damages sustained by the parents of an unexpected child based on an allegation that conception of the child resulted from negligent sterilization procedures or a defective contraceptive device

Answer 9

Wrongful conception

Question 10

Process by which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual intercourse

Answer 10

Artificial insemination

Question 11

A woman agrees to give birth to a child she will not raise but hand over to a contracted party

Answer 11

Surrogacy

Question 12

Develops policies, procedures, regulations related to the detection, investigation and prevention of research misconduct and responsible conduct of research

Answer 12

Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

Question 13

Genes or DNA sequences with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify specific cells and diseases

Answer 13

Genetic markers

Question 14

Prohibits group health plans and insurers from denying coverage to a healthy individual or charging that person higher premiums based solely on genetic predisposition to developing a specific disease

Answer 14

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

Question 15

Involves the use of embryonic stem cells to create organs and various body tissues

Answer 15

Stem cell research

Question 16

Late-term abortion that involves partial delivery of the baby prior to it being aborted

Answer 16

Partial birth abortion

Question 17

Action claim that a child wouldn’t have been born

Answer 17

Wrongful birth

Question 18

A parent or child claims to have suffered harm as a result of being born

Answer 18

Wrongful life

Question 19

Husband’s semen is used in the insemination procedure

Answer 19

Homologous artificial insemination

Question 20

Semen from a donor is used in the insemination procedure

Answer 20

Heterologous artificial insemination

Question 21

Act allows a person to make a decision to donate organs at time of death

Answer 21

Uniform anatomical act