Argument Against Prenatal Genetic Screening In this essay‚ I will argue that prenatal screening for disabilities for the intent of actively choosing to have a child without a disability is immoral. By disability‚ I mean the definition provided in a medical dictionary: “A disadvantage or deficiency‚ especially a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement”. This does not include diseases that are considered inevitably and irreversibly fatal‚ nor does it include birth
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Manuscripts > * PMC2947955 * Performing your original search‚ compliance of mothers on newborn screening‚ in PMC will retrieve 926 records. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 October 1. Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Oct–Dec; 23(4): 326–334. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181a1bc1f PMCID: PMC2947955 NIHMSID: NIHMS182350 Newborn Screening: An Appeal for Improved Parent Education Audrey Tluczek‚ Ph.D.‚1‚2 Kate Murphy Orland‚ M.S.‚1 Sara
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positive in newborn screening. This hilarious evidence makes every individual more cautious of the lives of the infants. Moreover‚ even rich people may be vulnerable to this. In the Philippines‚ 9.7% of all screened infants are positive to newborn screening as of 2011 based on the Philippine Health Statistics‚ DOH and Region VII ranked 2nd for most number of positive result of newborn screening. Problem arouses when parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards newborn screening causes an alteration
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Newborn screening has improved lives for thousands of children across America. Newborn screening is a series of tests conducted from a blood sample taken from a newborn within the first few days of life. In New York State‚ newborns are screened for up to fifty different metabolic‚ endocrine‚ and hematologic disorders. This screening process aims to provide early diagnosis and referral for treatment for several genetic diseases. Some of these disorders may be life threatening and severely debilitating
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Prostate-Cancer Screening Screening is different to diagnose as it is performed on people that do not have any symptoms; it doesn’t provide a diagnosis but rather identifies individuals at increased risk for follow up diagnostic testing. When a doctor diagnoses a person with a sickness such as cancer‚ it could cause an extravagant increase of mixed emotions. Some of these diagnoses are not as severe as for patients that have less time to treat their stage of cancer. Medicines and treatments that
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complex system of cells that allows for the fetus to maintain homeostasis and function in the world independent from it’s prenatal life source. The fetus transitions through three distinct periods of prenatal development‚ germinal‚ embryonic‚ and fetal arriving at the end of the third trimester with organized systems that allows for regulated functioning. During the course of prenatal periods the introduction of teratogens has the potential to disrupt the natural course of progress‚ factors associated
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teratogens normally occurs earlier in the embryonic development rather than the fetal development‚ due to the fact it is the critical period for development of the nervous system (Santrock‚ Thirteenth Edition). The embryonic period is the period of prenatal development that occurs from two to eight weeks after conception. The rate of cell differentiation strengthens‚ support systems for cells cultivate‚ and organs appear. Damage during the germinal period often will prevent implantation. In the beginning
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Prenatal testing and the disability rights If the researchers can identify the sequences of genes they can correct the sequences related with disease and disability. Researchers had a less success using gene therapy to correct such conditions and no researchers had at least tried to use gene therapy to correct impairments in a fetus. Prenatal testing: • The prenatal testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care: the idea is that prenatal testing helps prospective parents have healthy babies
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emotional relieve. While pregnant‚ women are often advised by their healthcare providers to undergo a series of prenatal tests‚ to monitor the development of the fetus. In the United States of America -- a country known for its diversity-- women come from different backgrounds and their decisions to undergo prenatal testing often depends on their race‚ education‚ religion‚ and/or income. Prenatal testing‚ although put into practice to screen and diagnose any potential fetal abnormalities and defects‚
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This final paper will discuss the ongoing debate of genetic/prenatal testing. Procedures for genetic/prenatal testing have been available since the early 1970’s (Press‚ 2008‚ pp. 73-78). Genetic testing identifies abnormalities or changes in the chromosomes and genes. This type of testing is used to confirm or deny a suspected genetic condition or used to predict a person’s chances of developing or passing on a certain disorder (Grant‚ 2000). Once the woman wants to go ahead with the genetic testing
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