Jacob and andre are in a homosexual committed relationship and want to have a baby of their own. they visit a doctor who advises them that either jacob or andre can donate a sperm, which can be implanted into the womb of a carrier female. what procedure is the doctor suggesting? a) surrogacy b) counseling c) checking sperm count d) in vitro fertilization e) fertility treatment

The correct answer is A) Surrogacy

Explanation:

Surrogacy refers to a medical procedure in which a female acting as a carrier is inseminated to be the surrogate mother until birth or a fertilized egg is implanted in the surrogate mother. This is the result of an agreement between the intended parents and a gestational surrogate. Also, this implies the woman that carries the baby until birth does not keep the baby but agrees to give the baby to the intended parents.

This is the case of Jacob and Andre because due to their impossibility to have a baby their doctor suggests one of them donates sperm, and this is used to inseminate a carrier or surrogate mother that would give the couple the baby after birth. Thus, the procedure the doctor is suggesting is surrogacy.

light-year  

the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, equal to about 9.46 trillion km (5.88 trillion mi). light-years are used in measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances.  

parsec  

a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 × 1016 meters).  

parallax  

the apparent angular displacement of a celestial body due to its being observed from the surface instead of from the center of the earth (diurnal parallax or geocentric parallax) or due to its being observed from the earth instead of from the sun (annual parallax or heliocentric parallax)  

absolute magnitude  

the magnitude (brightness) of a celestial object as it would be seen at a standard distance of 10 parsecs.  

apparent magnitude  

the magnitude of a celestial object as it is actually measured from the earth.  

redshift  

an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a celestial body as a consequence of the doppler effect.  

the great thing about your imagination is that it doesn't have to make sense! if i were you i would be stuck in space, no communication with earth travelling around and around, you can only guess how long its been since your communication broke down. you land on an undiscovered planet, you do a scientific investigation examining the elements and conditions. you come across alien lifeforms.  

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