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Methotrexate,when used with prostaglandin,induces an abortion by


A) stopping the embryonic cells from dividing.
B) increasing uterine secretions so the blastocyst can not attach.
C) disabling the ability of the uterus to supply a viable blood source.
D) causing a woman to start her menstrual cycle and expel the embryonic cells.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following is a pro-choice view?


A) Putting the child up for adoption should always be the first choice for women who cannot care for the child.
B) Abortion has an overall destructive effect on our society.
C) Women who have sex know the potential consequences and need to accept those consequences.
D) Women would continue to have abortions even if abortion was made illegal.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following is the MOST common abortion method?


A) emergency contraception
B) medical
C) surgical
D) IUD

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Currently,how many states provide nonfederal public money to assist some poor women seeking medically necessary abortions?


A) 0
B) 4
C) 9
D) 17

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Most clinicians define a fetus as viable at ______ weeks of gestation.


A) 24
B) 20
C) 18
D) 16

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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__________ is a spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or a fetus from the uterus occurring naturally with no causal intervention.


A) Abortion
B) Miscarriage
C) Evacuation
D) Aspiration

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Abortion was made legal by the U.S.Supreme Court in


A) 1965.
B) 1969.
C) 1973.
D) 1980.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Mifepristone is approved for use for up to _____ days after the last menstrual period.


A) 14
B) 30
C) 49
D) 63

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The top reason a woman chooses an abortion is


A) her health.
B) she was too young.
C) she doesn't want people to know she had sex/is pregnant.
D) it would change her life (job,school) .

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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What did Roe v.Wade establish as the key criterion in establishing the point beyond which a woman's right to choose abortion becomes markedly restricted?


A) circumstance of impregnation
B) age of the mother
C) viability of the fetus
D) prevailing community attitude

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Situation Melissa is 32 years old and single.She is career oriented and is happy in a long-term,monogamous relationship.Melissa and her partner have agreed that having children is not part of their future.Despite using a reliable form of contraception,Melissa finds out that she is 7-8 weeks pregnant.Melissa and her partner discuss the situation,and the decision is made to abort the pregnancy. -If Melissa is typical of most women who have recently experienced an abortion,she will


A) feel total relief because she is no longer pregnant.
B) experience a mixture of feelings following the abortion procedure.
C) be depressed for approximately six months.
D) probably never recover emotionally from the experience.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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A newer abortion option available in some locations to women in the earliest stages of pregnancy is


A) suction curettage.
B) dilation and evacuation.
C) miscarriage.
D) manual vacuum aspiration.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Currently,all 50 states including the District of Columbia have laws prohibiting abortions after a certain point in pregnancy.

A) True
B) False

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"Quickening" is


A) rapidly induced abortion.
B) contractions precipitating miscarriage.
C) fetal movement beginning at about 20 weeks of pregnancy.
D) equivalent to individuation.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Most induced abortions occur _______________ weeks of gestation.


A) in the first 8
B) at 9-12
C) at 13-16
D) at 16-20

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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At current rates,about ______ percent of American women will have had an abortion by age 45.


A) 10
B) 25
C) 33
D) 45

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Briefly outline three arguments put forth by pro-choice advocates and three arguments put forth by pro-life advocates.

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