The baby is screened and found to carry the disease. This couple comes to you after fetal screening, and is leaning heavily toward abortion. You know this couple is firmly against abortion in any circumstance. Bertolini, Stefano, et al. American Journal of Human Genetics .
Some doctors deplore move to test for gene for cystic fibrosis.
The New York Times . Tsui, Lap-Chee and Manual Buchwald. Biochemical and molecular genetics of cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis gene testing nationwide runs into technical and ethical barriers. The Wall Street Journal .