Difficult decisions

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3170, 2018, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Offering a test for Down's syndrome is a routine part of maternity care in much of the world. Most women who get a positive result choose to have an abortion, leading to growing objections to the tests over the past few years. Campaigners are using terms like eradication, eugenics and even genocide. Here, Wilson discusses the ethics of screening for Down's syndrome.