Fetal testing during pregnancy
Assignment 1.a: Discussion Board
Description
For this assignment, you will participate in a discussion about fetal
testing during pregnancy for birth defects and how testing has led to a
decrease in specific birth defects in various countries.
Instructions
1. Review this unit’s required reading.
2. Read this online article, “What kind of society do you want to live
in?”: Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing.”
3. View the CDC’s statistics page on Down syndrome data in the
United States.
4. In a post to the discussion board, connect what you read about in
this chapter article on the extreme decrease in live births of infants
with Down syndrome in Iceland :
• How does this article’s statistics from Iceland compare to the
United States’ statistics?
• What are the implications for a society with a much lower
population of children with birth defects, specifically Down
syndrome?
• What are the moral, ethical, and societal issues at play in these
decisions and societal trends?
• Do you feel that this article presented this data from a slanted or
biased viewpoint?
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