Chapter 08 Self Quiz

Reproductive Technology
. The uniting of sperm and egg in a laboratory dish, instead of inside a woman's body, is called

. In the debates on IVF, John Robertson argues for

. A woman who gestates a fetus for others, usually for a couple or another woman, is called

. The asexual production of a genetically identical entity from an existing one is known as

. The classic case of Baby M concerned

. IVF cycles pose health risks for both woman and child.

. The strongest arguments for IVF have appealed to individual autonomy or reproductive rights.

. Mary Anne Warren argues that IVF comes with substantial risks and burdens and that women are too constrained or coerced by society to decide about the technology for themselves.

. Probably the most pervasive-and perhaps the strongest-argument against surrogacy is that surrogacy arrangements amount to baby-selling.

. Genetic determinism is a myth.

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