Regardless of having this genetic testing, I feel
it's morally wrong because every human living, fetus
have the rights to live and to prosper in life just like
I have since I was medically born with cleft-palate.
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Should parents who have undesireable prenatal genetic testing results be allowed to abort?
Should parents who have prenatal genetic testing be allowed to abort?
In today's changing world, it's becoming easier for expecting parents to find out it their child to be will have to deal with devestating, life threatening diseases and/or disorders. Many families who come to realize their child may either be born with or later suffer from disorders such as Tay-Sachs, choose to abort the fetus without continuing through with the pregnancy, without giving a chance for the prognosis to prove to not even effect their child, because it carries the genes.
This, in my opinion, is no reason for families to abort. To me, this is not a reason for committing murder of an unborn child, regardless of the outcome of the prenatal genetic testing. I personally feel that regardless, parents should take the chance and go through with the pregnancy, because they're taking a chance regardless whether they abort or not. I personally would not abort if I found out my unborn child carried the gene. Just because they carry the gene, doesnt mean it will effect them personally.
Most generally, genetic testing is requested by doctors for women over 40 years of age, who carry a higher risk for their baby to have birth deffects or to carry the genes of devistating genes.
Other than women giving birth over the age of 40, what are the odds of carrying a problem gene? The odds of carrying such genes vary among racial and ethnic groups as so: Cysticfibrosis-African-Americans: 1:65, Ashkenazi Jews: 1:26-29, European American: 1:25-29, Hispanic: 1:46, and Mediteranian: 1:29. Betathalassemia-African-American: 1:75, Hispanic: 1:30-50, Mediteranian: 1:25. Sickle cell- African-American: 1:75 and Mediteranian: 1:40 (The Exponent Telegram Wednesday Feb 17, 2010: March of Dimes; Oregon Health & Science University; Oregon Department of Human Rescourses; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).
This, in my opinion, is no reason for families to abort. To me, this is not a reason for committing murder of an unborn child, regardless of the outcome of the prenatal genetic testing. I personally feel that regardless, parents should take the chance and go through with the pregnancy, because they're taking a chance regardless whether they abort or not. I personally would not abort if I found out my unborn child carried the gene. Just because they carry the gene, doesnt mean it will effect them personally.
Most generally, genetic testing is requested by doctors for women over 40 years of age, who carry a higher risk for their baby to have birth deffects or to carry the genes of devistating genes.
Other than women giving birth over the age of 40, what are the odds of carrying a problem gene? The odds of carrying such genes vary among racial and ethnic groups as so: Cysticfibrosis-African-Americans: 1:65, Ashkenazi Jews: 1:26-29, European American: 1:25-29, Hispanic: 1:46, and Mediteranian: 1:29. Betathalassemia-African-American: 1:75, Hispanic: 1:30-50, Mediteranian: 1:25. Sickle cell- African-American: 1:75 and Mediteranian: 1:40 (The Exponent Telegram Wednesday Feb 17, 2010: March of Dimes; Oregon Health & Science University; Oregon Department of Human Rescourses; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).
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