Genetic Screening And the Public Perception of People with Disabilities

A pro-choice author had this observation to make about genetic testing and abortion of handicapped babies:

“Genetic screening is feeding the public perception of disability as a medical problem and a maternal responsibility, rather than as a matter of equality and justice requiring social and political change.”

Janet Hadley “Abortion: between Freedom and Necessity” (Great Britain: Virago Press) 1996 page 124
 

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