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Precious fertility and third‐trimester tests
Author(s) -
Harris John
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199908)19:8<753::aid-pd620>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - amniocentesis , abortion , fertility , third trimester , pregnancy , obstetrics , medicine , gynecology , prenatal diagnosis , gestation , environmental health , fetus , biology , population , genetics
Are some pregnancies more ‘precious’ than others? Should amniocentesis be offered late in pregnancy with the possibility looming of a late abortion, and if such tests should be offered, to whom and in what circumstances should this be done? These are some of the important ethical questions raised in the paper by Shalev et al . (1999). In what follows, an analysis and resolution will be offered for all these important issues. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.