Just diagnosis? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and injustices to disabled people
Open Access
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- reproduction
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Ethics
- Vol. 31 (4), 231-234
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2003.006429
Abstract
However, is it morally acceptable to use PGD to reduce the probability of children with severe genetic diseases being born? Is the current routine use of PGD in public healthcare services to select against severe genetic diseases like anencephaly, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis and Down’s syndrome morally acceptable?Keywords
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