Chapter 6
Describe the process of IVF (page 159) and the ethical issues surrounding it (161).
List and describe the different prenatal diagnostic tests that are now available (162-163).
What are the ethical issues involved with reproductive technologies? (164, 168, 169, 170). What is the Catholic Church’s position on these technologies? (166-168, 171).
What ethical issues arise in the context of a “designed” pregnancy? (176183)
Chapter 4
What are the three positions regarding personhood when it comes to the abortion debate. A paragraph for each is sufficient.
Outline the historical development of the social and legal status of abortion in the United States including major rulings, issues, and tensions of belief (102-105).
Explain what it means to state that the sanctity of human life is founded on intrinsic moral worth, human dignity? (111).
