Embryo Screening
- Created by: Clare Parry
- Created on: 09-05-15 09:44
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- EMBRYO SCREENING
- People who have, or think they have, an allele for a genetic disorder can decide to have their embryo screened at a very early stage of pregnancy.
- Tests the embryo for specific alleles. If it's certain that the embryo will develop an inherited disorder, the couple can ask for a termination (abottion)
- ECONOMIC ISSUES (related to money)
- Will it cost parent extra money to support a child with a disorder?
- Does someone with the disorder need lots of hospital treatment and/or drugs?
- SOCIAL ISSUES (related to people and society)
- If the child needs care throughout life, who will do it if the parents can't?
- If the child needs lots of care, is this fair on other children in the family?
- ETHICAL ISSUES (related to right/wrong and fairness)
- Does an embryo have the same right to life as a person? If so, is it right to abort an embryo that will develop the disease?
- Screening carries a very small risk of damaging the embryo-should parents take the risk?
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