Abortion: Defining the Terms

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. In discussions about abortion, are the parties involved able to agree on how old the fetuses in question are? Yes No

2. If people with different stands on abortion are discussing "ectopic pregnancy," do they mean the same thing? Yes No

3. One of the arguments about limits on abortion is that the "health of the mother" needs to be taken into consideration. Do all parties involved agree on what constitutes the "health of the mother?" Yes No

4. Preserving the "life of the mother": does everybody in the "abortion debate" agree about what this means? Yes No

5. There is often news coverage of legislation to ban a certain kind of late abortion. What is this kind of abortion called? PBA or Partial Birth Abortion Intact D&E or Intact Dilation and Evacuation D&X or Dilation and Extraction All of these terms are used

6. The term "abortion clinic": does that mean the same thing to all parties? Yes No

7. Sometimes the woman shows all the symptoms of pregnancy, but there is no real embryo or fetus in her uterus. There are only globs of tissue similar to the inside of a pomegranate. Is there agreement on what this tissue is called? Yes No

8. Sometimes people will refer to "abortion survivors": is there an agreed-upon meaning for this term? Yes No

9. Particpants in the abortion debate will discuss "PAS": do they all mean the same thing? Yes No

10. Does everybody in the abortion debate agree on what constitutes a "legal" abortion and an "illegal" abortion? Yes No