Huntington's disease: prenatal screening for late onset disease

This article presents a set of moral arguments regarding the selective abortion of fetuses on the basis of prenatal screening for late onset genetic diseases only, and for Huntington's Disease* in particular. After discussion of human suffering, human perfection and the distinctive features of...

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Main Author: Post, S. G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1992
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 75-78
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