Choosing Down Syndrome: Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies

(Part of the Basic Bioethics Series)

by Chris Kaposy

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An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective.

The rate at which parents choose to terminate a pregnancy when prenatal tests indicate that the fetus has Down syndrome is between 60 and 90 percent. In Choosing Down Syndrome, Chris Kaposy offers a carefully reasoned ethical argument in favor of choosing to have such a child. Arguing from a pro-choice,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262546248

ISBN13:9780262546249

Release Date:August 2022

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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