studying for final

Question 1

rate of postpartum depression

Answer 1

1 in 8 omwen

Question 2

thomson closing claims

Answer 2

Just because you have a termination of pregnancy doesn’t mean you get to kill the fetus, even where there are restrictions on termination this can switch the discussion
Two ways to change the discussion — the viability discussion now goes out the window. This is BS, because give lawmakers the option to remove the fetus and incubate it. Is this fair to the fetus? There are likely going to be effects on the fetus out of the womb if this is done at 20 weeks — serious disabilities, possibly debilitating.
No healthcare worker will agree on extracting the fetus
Viability has to mean more than “won’t die” — thats all this discussion is taking into consideration
Roe w. Wade is bullshit because it talks about viability, not because of what current politicians say
This is why we don’t have artificial wombs — considerations of pregnancy will shift greatly

Question 3

spontaneous abortions

Answer 3

miscrriage

Question 4

abortion related deaths in the states

Answer 4

less than 1 per 100,000 in the last 5 years

Question 5

induced abortions

Answer 5

resulting from human interventions
- therapeutic
- elective

Question 6

terminological points of conflict associated with abortion

Answer 6

human
life
human life
personhood

Question 7

salpingectomy

Answer 7

the fallopian tube containing the embryo is removed - only this option is sanctioned among those that generally oppose induced abortion - though this procedure terminates the pregnancy and kills the embryo

Question 8

fundamental dispute in abortion?

Answer 8

personhood

Question 9

3. can prioritizing personhood in abortion debates weaken our obligations to humans who are not plausibly thought of as persons

Answer 9

think of end of life care in dementia

Question 10

how many eggs are aborted spontaneously

Answer 10

around half. most miscarriages occur in the first 7 weeks of pregnancy

Question 11

salpingostomy

Answer 11

embroy is removed through an opening in the fallopian tube, can save the tube

Question 12

salpingectomy also known as

Answer 12

indirect bortion

Question 13

methorexate

Answer 13

drug that kills the embryo - interferes with cell divison

Question 14

is there an agreed upon condition of personhood in philosophy?

Answer 14

no

Question 15

CDC abortion facts

Answer 15

majority women between 20-29
only 0.9% occured after 21 weeks
most were first time
most women had already given birth once

Question 16

three common ways to treat ectopic pregnancy

Answer 16

1. methotrexate
2. salpingostomy
3. salpingectomy

Question 17

therapeutic abortions

Answer 17

medically necessary, performed to protect the pregnant person from severe harm or because of fetal abnormalities

Question 18

ectopic pregnancy

Answer 18

when implantation occurs outside of the uterus (typically in fallopian tubes). if the baby doesnt fail to grow, it will kill the pregnant person through sepsis

Question 19

canadian code - when child becomes a human being

Answer 19

it has breathed, it has an independent circulation or the navel string is severed - therefore a fetus isn’t human under law

Question 20

1. what makes an individual a person

Answer 20

in philosophical debates it does not come down to whether someone is a member of our species. can connect personhood and other animals

Question 21

three questions that arise from conception of personhood?

Answer 21

1. what makes an individual a person
2. does personhood clarify the moral issues surrounding abortion
3. can prioritizing personhood in abortion debates weaken our obligations to humans who are not plausibly thought of as persons

Question 22

elective abortions

Answer 22

regarded as not medically necessary

Question 23

CIHI abortion facts

Answer 23

45.1% were women between 18-29 weeks
most happened before 13 weeks

Question 24

2. does personhood clarify the moral issues surrounding abortion

Answer 24

according to thomson - not really

Question 25

what does thomson grant for sake of argument

Answer 25

that fetus, beginning with conception, is. person

Question 26

thomson concerned with two claims

Answer 26

1. The view that the human fetus, from the moment of conception, is a person — no conditions of personhood would have an embryo as a person (but this doesn’t solve anything)
2. There is a presumption that the mortality of abortion stands or falls whether one accepts or rejects that human fetuses are persons — talks about when a fetus has hands, a face, etc. but these aren’t conditions of a person