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Chapter 07 Self Quiz
Abortion
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The development stage at approximately 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy when the fetus may survive outside the uterus is known as
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Gestation
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Viability
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Implantation
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In
Roe v. Wade
, the Court saw a guaranteed right of personal privacy in
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The Bible
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Current statutes
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The Fourteenth Amendment
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A key premise in many arguments against abortion is that
The unborn is not a person
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The unborn is an innocent person from the moment of conception
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Having human DNA does not automatically make one a person
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The unborn becomes a person at birth
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Mary Anne Warren identifies five traits that are "most central" to personhood and declares that a fetus
Must be a person
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Must be a potential person
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Has none of these traits
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Has most of these traits
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Abortion liberals contend that even if infants are not persons, infanticide is
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Unthinkable
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Rarely permissible
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Encouraged
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Almost half of all pregnancies are unintended.
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Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that even if the unborn is a person from the moment of conception, abortion may still be morally justified.
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Some reject Thomson's argument by contending that it holds only if the woman bears no responsibility for her predicament.
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Most scientists involved in the issue of fetal pain think that fetal pain is probably not possible until after the time when most abortions take place.
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In a recent survey, 69 percent of adults say that Roe v. Wade should not be completely overturned.
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