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Understanding Abortion: A Comprehensive Quiz

This quiz aims to test your knowledge and understanding of various aspects related to abortion, including medical, social, and legal perspectives.

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1 [9] Other causes include vascular disease (such as lupus), ________, other hormonal problems, infection, and abnormalities of the uterus.

2 The relationship between induced abortion and ________ is an area of controversy.

3 Sonography and amniocentesis allow parents to determine ________ before birth.

4 [53] The Guttmacher Institute estimated there were 2,200 ________ procedures in the U.S.

5 A number of ________ around the world have explored public opinion regarding the issue of abortion.

6 He also prescribed a number of recipes for herbal baths, pessaries, and ________, but advised against the use of sharp instruments to induce miscarriage due to the risk of organ perforation.

7 Unsafe abortion remains a public health concern today due to the higher incidence and severity of its associated complications, such as incomplete abortion, sepsis, ________, and damage to internal organs.

8 A pregnancy that ends before 37 weeks of gestation resulting in a live-born infant is known as a "________".

9 Abortion debates, especially pertaining to ________, are often spearheaded by groups advocating one of these two positions.

10 [86] ________, access to family planning, and improvements in health care during and after abortion have been proposed to address this phenomenon.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the feminist group Women on Waves built a gynaecology unit on board of ship and performs abortions in international waters.
  • the Lightning roller coaster was so rough that the phrase "take her on the Lightning" became a folk remedy for terminating unwanted pregnancies.
  • the fruit of the colocynth is such a violent laxative that it was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion.
  • some American slaveholders forced their slaves to drink an infusion of black haw to prevent abortions.
  • in 1990 former Louisiana State Senator Fritz H. Windhorst spoke on behalf of a vetoed bill which would have made abortion a felony punishable by imprisonment.
  • U.S. President Ronald Reagan timed his first proclamation of National Sanctity of Human Life Day to coincide with the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in the Roe v. Wade abortion case.
  • a 1977 memo by Robert Derzon, overseer of U.S. Medicaid/Medicare programs, supported federal abortion funding for poor women, citing $1,000 in annual welfare savings on each unwanted child.
  • former Louisiana State Senator Lawson Swearingen in 1990 cast one of three critical votes to sustain Governor Buddy Roemer's veto of a restrictive anti-abortion bill.
  • poet and playwright Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (pictured), known as the Polish Sappho, discussed topics such as abortion, extra-marital affairs, and incest.
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