TRUE/FALSE
1 : All arguments regarding abortion depend on decisions regarding the moral status of the
fetus.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
2 : According to Thomsons argument, based on the analogy of the violinist, if a fetus is a human
being, then its abortion cannot be morally permissible.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
3 : According to utilitarian reasoning, abortion is morally unjustified if it will lead to more
unhappiness than happiness.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
4 : According to Thomson, if one has a right to life one has a right to whatever is necessary to
sustain that life.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
5 : Your text distinguishes Method I approaches to questions about the moral status of a fetus
as focused on determining the stage of development at which a fetus should count as a person.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
6 : If some action is immoral, then it follows from this alone that it ought also to be illegal.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
7 : The Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a woman should
always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
8 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, there is a fundamental right to
privacy.
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, A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
9 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, the right to privacy is absolute.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
10 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, abortion is not permissible
beyond the 12th week of fetal development.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
11 : Your text distinguishes Method II approaches to questions about the moral status of a fetus
as focused on determining what it is that gives human beings moral status.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
SHORT RESPONSE
12 : What relevance does the morality of abortion have to whether or not there should be laws
regulating abortion?
Correct Answer : Unless the two spheres of morality and the law are coincident, it does not
necessarily follow that if something is morally wrong it ought to be legally prohibited and if
something is morally permissible the law ought to have nothing to do with it or even encourage
it.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
13 : RU486 induces abortion by
A : preventing the blastocyte from embedding in the uterine wall.
B : replacing the amnioitic fluid with saline.
C : inducing uterine contractions.
D : inducing early labor.
Correct Answer : C
14 : A blastocyst is a
A : Ball of cells.
B : Type of abortion procedure.
C : Concept the pro-life camp uses to scare women.
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1 : All arguments regarding abortion depend on decisions regarding the moral status of the
fetus.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
2 : According to Thomsons argument, based on the analogy of the violinist, if a fetus is a human
being, then its abortion cannot be morally permissible.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
3 : According to utilitarian reasoning, abortion is morally unjustified if it will lead to more
unhappiness than happiness.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
4 : According to Thomson, if one has a right to life one has a right to whatever is necessary to
sustain that life.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
5 : Your text distinguishes Method I approaches to questions about the moral status of a fetus
as focused on determining the stage of development at which a fetus should count as a person.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
6 : If some action is immoral, then it follows from this alone that it ought also to be illegal.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
7 : The Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a woman should
always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
8 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, there is a fundamental right to
privacy.
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, A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
9 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, the right to privacy is absolute.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
10 : According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, abortion is not permissible
beyond the 12th week of fetal development.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
11 : Your text distinguishes Method II approaches to questions about the moral status of a fetus
as focused on determining what it is that gives human beings moral status.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
SHORT RESPONSE
12 : What relevance does the morality of abortion have to whether or not there should be laws
regulating abortion?
Correct Answer : Unless the two spheres of morality and the law are coincident, it does not
necessarily follow that if something is morally wrong it ought to be legally prohibited and if
something is morally permissible the law ought to have nothing to do with it or even encourage
it.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
13 : RU486 induces abortion by
A : preventing the blastocyte from embedding in the uterine wall.
B : replacing the amnioitic fluid with saline.
C : inducing uterine contractions.
D : inducing early labor.
Correct Answer : C
14 : A blastocyst is a
A : Ball of cells.
B : Type of abortion procedure.
C : Concept the pro-life camp uses to scare women.
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