The practice of prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion remains controversial both in
society in general and especially within the disability community. For some, the termination …

Prenatal care has changed dramatically in the last half-century. Rather than being shrouded
in mystery, pregnancy and childbirth have become highly medicalized, and many previously …

Current public and philosophical debate concerning the morality of prenatal testing and
selective abortion is occurring at the intersection of a number of complex social …

Disability rights activists are now articulating a critical view of the widespread practice of
prenatal diagnosis with the intent to abort if the pregnancy might result in a child with a …

The paradox works this way: On one hand, reproductive rights proponents can portray
disability as a tragic state that justifies abortion—even for wanted pregnancies. At the same …

Although I self-identify as pro-choice, I do believe certain instances of abortion can be
classified as, in Judith Jarvis Thomson's words, indecent. This paper explores one such …

Two developments in the 1970s and 1980s led to a striking contrast in public attitudes and
policies toward having children with disabilities. On the one hand, the more routine …

The routinization of non-invasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) raises urgent questions
about disability rights and reproductive justice. Supporters defend NIPT on the grounds that …

This chapter gives a nuanced treatment of the practice of prenatal genetic testing. Dietz
reshapes the conversation around prenatal genetic testing, which is typically framed in terms …

Prenatal tests have brought the revolution in molecular biology into human reproduction and
into the lives of ordinary people. Prenatal genetic tests promise to offer greater reproductive …