As leaders in the community debate the technical merits of genetic diagnostics, the consumer community is facing debates of its own about them. This article in the New York Times follows the growing concern over genetic testing when it means would-be parents might choose to abort a fetus that tests positive for a disease or disability. The University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Arthur Caplan is quoted as asking, "How much choice do you really want to give?"
On the Horizon: More Genetic Testing, More Ethical Debates
May 15, 2007