Ch7 Exam Prep Health And Reproductive Justice

Chapter 7

Health and Reproductive Justice

1. True/False Medicalization is the process whereby normal functions of the body come to be seen as indicative of disease.
2. True/False Androcentrism in health care implies the ways the health care system in the U.S. is set up to maintain the privileges of white people and provide differential access for people of color.
3. True/False In 2009 over two-thirds of uninsured women lived in families where they or a partner worked full time.
4. True/False Native American women are among the largest group of women in U.S. society who have been sterilized against their will.
5. True/False The concept of a two-tier system as used in Chapter 7 implies a medical system that provides exceptional care in the US, but poor care overseas.
6. True/False As a result of environmental toxins, the average man has 20% more testosterone than his father did 20 years ago.
7. True/False It is estimated that approximately 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes.
8. True/False Women are having children later in life today than they have in earlier times.
9. True/False As a result of lawsuits associated with unanticipated side effects, the maker of Norplant no longer markets this device in the United States.
10. True/False At least two-thirds of all women accessing an abortion would have an illegal abortion if the procedure was no longer legal.
11. True/False RU-486 (mifeprex TM) is a type of emergency contraception or “morning-after pill.”
12. True/False The U.S. health care system is known as the best in the industrialized world.
13. True/False The now banned chemicals DDT and PCB are examples of xenoestrogens.
14. True/False EC or the “morning-after pill” was approved by the FDA in the late 1990s.
15. True/False The worst stress for the human body is that which we intentionally choose in order to compete in a capitalist society.
16. True/False Approximately 2,000 women become pregnant every year because of rape.
17. True/False Feminists have set up Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) to support women’s choices for abortion.
18. True/False AIDS diagnoses for African American women are increasing at a lesser rate than those for white women.
19. True/False In many states pharmacists can use “refusal clauses” to prevent providing medication to women like the “morning-after pill.”
20. True/False The Affordable Care Act is President Barack Obama’s signature policy.
21. The hormone “patch” such as OrthoEvra must be changed

a. Weekly

b. Monthly

c. Every three months

d. It does not need to be changed except every 5 years

1. The HIV infection rate for African American women is nearly how many times as great than that for white women?
   1. Two times
   2. Five times
   3. Fifteen times
   4. Twenty times

23. What disease discussed in Chapter 7 on women and health is discussed in the context of corporate responsibility and environmental issues?

a. Lung cancer from second-hand smoking

b. Breast cancer

c. Heart disease

d. Diabetes

24. By the year 2030, women will make up what percentage of people over 85 years?

a. 64%

b. 73%

c. 81%

d. 92%

25. The contraceptive depo-provera:

a. Consists of 6 flexible capsules inserted in the upper arm that release

progestin

b. Is an intrauterine device that prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum

c. Is a flexible, transparent ring that is inserted into the vagina monthly

d. Is an injection of synthetic hormone that suppresses ovulation

26. The contraceptive practice that protects against HIV infection is:

a. The pill

b. The condom

c. Intrauterine devices

d. All of the above

27. Eugenics is the practice and belief that:

a. All people have the right to reproduce

b. Only certain groups should reproduce

c. Birth control should be universally available

d. Voluntary motherhood should be a right of all women

28. What Supreme Court ruling removed the states’ ban on abortion?

a. Roe v. Wade

b. Griswold v. Connecticut

c. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

d. Harris v. Mc Rae

29. The Supreme Court ruling that removed the ban on abortion occurred when?

a. 1966

b. 1973

c. 1976

d. 1984

30. The Hyde Amendment and accompanying Supreme Court ruling (Beal v. Doe, 1977) gave the states the right to

a. Introduce parental notification and consent laws prior for minors

b. Introduce viability tests prior to abortion

c. Decide whether Medicaid funds would be spent on abortion

d. Provide freedom of access to clinic entrances

31. When did the Supreme Court remove the ban on contraceptives for married persons?

a. Late nineteenth century

b. Right after World War I

c. Right after World War II

d. Mid 1960s

32. What laws regulated contraception in the U.S.?

a. Smith laws

b. Sanger laws

c. Comstock laws

d. Gorney laws

33. According to the most recent Gallup poll, what percentage of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in some or all circumstances?

a. 35%

b. 41%

c. 70%

d. 62%

34. Whose motto is “pro-woman pro-life”?

a. Operation Rescue

b. National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)

c. Feminist Majority Foundation

d. Feminists for Life

e. None of the above

35. The “Laci Peterson law”

a. Gave a fetus the same rights as the mother

b. Prevents states from using Medicaid funds

c. Legalized abortion

d. Gave states the right to impose parental notification laws

36. The 1992 Supreme Court ruling Planned Parenthood v. Casey

a. Upheld parental notification

b. Upheld limitations on public spending on abortion

c. Provided for freedom of access to clinic entrances

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. None of the above

Reading 44 “On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice” Jallicia Jolly

1. True/False According to Jallicia Jolly (“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice”), proponents of reproductive justice focus solely on abortion rights.
2. True/False According to Jallicia Jolly (“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice”), intersectionality serves as a theoretical framework for the reproductive justice movement.
3. True/False The term misogynoir was coined by Moya Bailey to describe the intersection of racism, misogyny, and anti-Blackness (Jallicia Jolly/“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice”).
4. Jallicia Jolly (“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice”) argues that state-sanctioned violence against women of color includes the following:
   1. Involuntary mass sterilization
   2. Murders by law enforcement
   3. Removal of children from their mothers
   4. Destruction of the welfare system
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (b) and (c)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above
5. Jallicia Jolly (“On Forbidden Wombs and Transnational Reproductive Justice”) argues that a transnational approach to reproductive justice will allow scholars and activists to
6. Take concerns about U.S. policies to the United Nations
7. Focus on global eco-feminism
8. Envision strategies to support multiply marginalized women of color across the world
9. Both (a) and (b)
10. Both (b) and (c)
11. All of the above
12. None of the above

Reading 45 “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Stories from Advocates in Brazil, India and South Africa” Sarah Combellick-Bidney

1. True/False Sarah Combellick-Bidney’s article “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights” provides a comprehensive description of reproductive rights in the Global South.
2. True/False In her article “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights,” Sarah Combellick-Bidney makes the case that human rights and reproductive rights are intersectional and interdependent.

1. True/False International laws offer strict protections for the reproductive rights of people affected with HIV/AIDS (Sarah Combellick-Bidney/“Reproductive Rights as Human Rights”).
2. According Sarah Combellick-Bidney, author of “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights,” telling stories of individuals in the Global South can help bolster the connection between human rights and reproductive rights because stories help

a. Translate issues across diverse publics

b. Destigmatize reproductive issues

c. Humanize statistics

d. Dispel stereotypes

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

1. In “Reproductive Rights as Human Rights,” Sarah Combellick-Bidney argues that the issue of contemporary abortion rights is particularly complicate to navigate in India for which of the following reasons?
   1. A history of sex-selective abortions
   2. Colonial laws preventing abortions
   3. Lack of understanding about the need for safe abortions
   4. The high rate of infertility among Indian women

Reading 46 “Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race—Our Patients Depend on It” Aisha Wagner

1. True/False Aisha Wagner (“Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race”) notes that Black women are three times more likely to die because of pregnancy-related causes than White women.
2. True/False Aisha Wagner (“Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race”) celebrates the intensive education she received in medical school that explained and validated the Black community’s distrust of the medical practitioners.
3. True/False U.S. women can use federal funds for sterilization procedures but not for abortions (Aisha Wagner/“Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race”).
4. Aisha Wagner (“Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race”) argues that doctors need to talk openly about race to their patients for which of the following reasons?
   1. Doctors need to better understand patients’ racialized treatment experiences
   2. Doctors can help transform the way that people of color are treated in the U.S. health care system
   3. Doctors can teach every patient about Black History Month
   4. Doctors can recommend that Norplant be a requirement for welfare recipients
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (c) and (d)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above

5. Aisha Wagner (“Doctors Need to Talk Openly about Race”) discusses the ways that people of color have been discriminated against in the healthcare system. Which of the following is not related to a discriminatory practice?

a. The “Father of Modern Gynecology” perfected his practices on un-anesthetized Black slaves

b. Norplant was marketed exclusively to low-income women and teens

c. Pregnancy-related deaths are three times more likely for Black women than for White women

d. None, they all relate to discriminatory practices

Reading 47 “On Being Transnational and Transgender: Human Rights and Public Health Considerations” Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto

1. True/False In their article “On Being Transnational and Transgender,” Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto argue that anti-transgender bias and structural violence are two enduring issues facing transgender people.
2. True/False Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto (“On Being Transnational and Transgender”) note that transgender women attempt to immigrate to the U.S. from Mexico because they experience systemic gender violence in their home country.
3. True/False Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto (“On Being Transnational and Transgender”) note that transgender women who live in the Global South do not generally face the same levels of violence as those who live in the Global North.
4. In “On Being Transnational and Transgender,” Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto argue that transgender rights must be acknowledged within a larger human rights framework in order to
   1. Provide a justification for allowing transgender immigrants to enter the U.S. illegally
   2. Treat transgender people affected by communicable diseases
   3. Address the needs of individual immigrants to the U.S.
   4. Address the needs of transgender people globally within a human rights framework
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (c) and (d)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above
5. In “On Being Transnational and Transgender,” Don Operario and Tooru Nemoto note that transgender women often face violence and discrimination from
   1. Family members
   2. Police
   3. Religious authorities
   4. Employers
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (c) and (d)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above

Reading 48 “Offline: Racism—The Pathology We Choose to Ignore” Richard Horton

1. True/False In “Offline,” Richard Horton argues that medical and public health professionals do not have a role in the fight against hate, racism, xenophobia, and terror.
2. True/False In “Offline,” Richard Horton argues that public health professionals have compromised their positions as leaders for social and political reforms.
3. True/False In “Offline,” Richard Horton argues that politicians’ racist rhetoric has a direct and negative impact on citizens’ health.
4. In “Offline,” Richard Horton insists that public health professionals do which of the following?

a. Join the public discussion about xenophobia and racism

b. Focus on populations that are the most vulnerable

c. Participate in anti-immigrant rallies

d. Refuse to treat immigrants

e. Both (a) and (b)

f. Both (c) and (d)

g. All of the above

h. None of the above

1. In “Offline,” Richard Horton argues that terrorists emerge from which kinds of communities?

a. Those where citizens have adequate civil protections

b. Those where citizens lack health care, jobs, safety

c. Those where immigrants’ concerns are listened to and valued

d. Those where immigrants do not experience hatred and violence

Reading 49 “Performance of a Lifetime: On Invisible Illness, Gender, and Disbelief” Kate Horowitz

1. True/False In her essay “Performance of a Lifetime,” Kate Horowitz argues that doctors told her that her illness was psychological because she is a woman.
2. True/False On average, a woman in pain in the emergency room gets treated an average of 16 minutes faster than a man in pain in the emergency room (Kate Horowitz/“Performance of a Lifetime”).
3. True/False Conversion disorder is a modern-day diagnosis for hysteria (Kate Horowitz/“Performance of a Lifetime”).
4. Kate Horowitz argues that medical students are not taught about hEDS, pots, and mcas because those diseases are

a. Incredibly rare

b. Usually diagnosed in women

c. Easy to spot on a CT scan

d. Caused by conversion disorder

1. Kate Horowitz (“Performance of a Lifetime”) argues that medical professionals need to
   1. Listen carefully to their patients’ subjective experiences
   2. Focus on symptoms that are seemingly unrelated
   3. Prescribe Xanax for pain
   4. Learn what the acronyms hEDS, pots, and mcas stand for
   5. Both (a) and (b)
   6. Both (c) and (d)
   7. All of the above
   8. None of the above