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Fetal Privacy and Confidentiality
Author(s) -
Botkin Jeffrey R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562793
Subject(s) - abortion , pregnancy , in vitro fertilisation , reproductive technology , genetic testing , confidentiality , medicine , reproductive medicine , fetus , sex selection , fertility , gestation , obstetrics , embryo , family medicine , biology , population , genetics , political science , law , environmental health , lactation
As the range of conditions for which we can test prenatally expands, society and the medical profession need to develop guidelines about which tests ought to be offered and which ought not to be. Notions of fetal privacy and confidentiality can help to define limits to what parents may reasonably learn about their future child.