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javeds

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Which of the following terms describes an elimination procedure used in cases where there are multiple fetuses and some of the fetuses are destroyed and removed with the intent of increasing the chances that the remaining fetuses will develop into healthy babies?
 
  a) selective reduction
  b) constructive abortion
  c) genetic abortion
  d) in vitro fertilization

Question 2

Leon Kass offers which of the following as reasons for which we should feel repulsion at the idea of human cloning?
 
  a) Cloning would distort the cloned individual's sense of social identity.
  b) Cloning would turn procreation into a manufacturing process and turn children into commodities.
  c) Cloning would encourage parents to treat children as property.
  d) All of these choices



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Answer to Question 1

a) selective reduction

Answer to Question 2

d) All of these choices





 

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