Exam 8: Abortion

At about twenty-three or twenty-four weeks,the fetus may be able to live outside the uterus,a state referred to as:

To argue in favor of sex-selection abortions,Chinese parents could use a utilitarian argument that says:

Most abortions are performed in the:

Some who oppose allowing a girl under the age of eighteen to have an abortion without notifying a parent or guardian argue that:

The risk of death for women who have an abortion at eight weeks or earlier is:

The moderate rejects the claim(s)that:

Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that abortion may sometimes be permissible whether or not:

An act-utilitarian would say that an abortion is morally right if:

The beginning of fetal development when a sperm cell enters an ovum and the two merge into a single cell called a zygote is known as:

The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by surgical or medical (with drugs)means is known generally as:

Alicja Tysiac was not permitted by the Polish government to have an abortion even though her health (but not her life)was at risk.She claimed that the Polish government violated her right to:

The view that the fetus becomes a person at quickening is problematic because:

In Roe v.Wade,the Court ruled that:

The conservative can argue that Mary Anne Warren's view of personhood leads to an absurdity: if a fetus is not a person,then neither is a newborn-thus killing a newborn would be:

Consider this argument: If the fetus is a person from the moment of conception,and abortion is the killing of a person,isn't abortion in all forms morally wrong? This is primarily a ________ question.

According to Mary Anne Warren's criteria for personhood,a self-motivated space alien that was conscious,able to reason and communicate,and was self-aware would be:

Consider this argument: The unborn is an innocent person from conception;it is wrong to kill an innocent person;abortion is the killing of an innocent person;therefore,abortion is wrong.If the premises are true,then the argument is:

Mary Anne Warren suggests that being genetically human is:

In arguments over abortion,both the conservative and the liberal agree on the following premise:

An abortion specifically performed to protect the life or health of the mother is referred to as: