Alasdair Palmer warns that new testing technology that identifies genetic defects more safely and easily than before "raises the spectre of an enormous proliferation of abortions." Reminding us of the utterly wicked practice of murdering Down Syndrome babies, Palmer asks how the law could allow abortions for some genetic defects and not for others, how we decide and where we draw the line.
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Genetic testing and abortion
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Alasdair Palmer warns that new testing technology that identifies genetic defects more safely and easily than before "raises the spectre of an enormous proliferation of abortions." Reminding us of the utterly wicked practice of murdering Down Syndrome babies, Palmer asks how the law could allow abortions for some genetic defects and not for others, how we decide and where we draw the line.