Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Hastings Center Studies in Ethics series
ISBN-10
0878408045
ISBN-13
9780878408047
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Imprint
Georgetown University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 28th, 2000
Print length
392 Pages
Weight
630 grams
Product Classification:
Disability: social aspectsMedical ethics & professional conductMedical genetics
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Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. This title presents a debate about prenatal testing and selective abortion.
As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care--it helps parents have healthy babies. But prenatal tests have been criticized by the disability rights community. Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. In these essays, health care professionals, scholars, and members of the disability community debate the implications of prenatal testing for people with disabilities and for parent-child relationships generally.
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