Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and the 'new' eugenics
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PID) is often seen as an improvement upon prenatal testing. I argue that PID may exacerbate the eugenic features of prenatal testing and make possible an expanded form of free-market eugenics. The current practice of prenatal testing is eugenic in that its aim is t...
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BMJ Publ.
1999
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-182 |
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