In a 1985 study, 2/3 of 295 geneticists surveyed would perform prenatal diagnosis (28%) or refer patients to another doctor to do it (34%) even if the parents had said they’d choose to abort if the baby was the “wrong” gender.
Dorothy C. Wertz and John C. Fletcher “Fatal Knowledge? Prenatal Diagnosis and Sex Selection” Hastings Center Report (May/June 1989) p 21-27
Quoted in Francis J. Beckwith “Politically Correct Death: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights” (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1993)
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