Re: [DIYbio] Re: DIYbio and Bioethics {entering soft-science}

Trust me for opening my mouth and tossing thoughts in the air without thinking. The paper is

http://www.otago.ac.nz/anthropology/anth/publications/conference/FitzgeraldSMA2009.pdf
2010, Marsden, Troubling Choice. Exploring and explaining techniques of moral reasoning for people living at the intersection of reproductive technologies, genetics, and disability, Feb 2011 – Feb 2014. (PI along with CoPIs Assoc. Prof. Julie Park, University of Auckland, and Assoc. Prof. Mike Legge, University of Otago).

and a general public version of research http://www.odt.co.nz/campus/university-otago/133363/troubling-choice
< quote> Reproductive decisions as to whether to terminate a pregnancy or give birth to a child with genetic anomalies are often made rapidly in real life.  </quote>

I'm not arguing the case one way or another but pointing out the dilemmas out there.

Lawrence
http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau

On Monday, 2 April 2012 09:51:28 UTC+13, Simon Field wrote:

I think some imagination could serve here.

In a state where abortion is only allowed after rape, a genetic test to make sure the

baby wasn't fathered by the husband, boyfriend or other consensual partner might

(I almost said 'conceivably' here) be legally required.

But there might also be cases where the fear of a genetic disability might be the reason

for the abortion, and a test of fetal cells could rule it out.

Now, if he had said 'proscribed' instead of 'prescribed', that would also conjure up interesting

distopian fantasies.

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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Cory Geesaman <cory@geesaman.com> wrote:

How does a genetic test even relate to an abortion in such a way that it could be prescribed prior?

My thought exactly... unless the companies/govt was mining for special genetic traits for super soldiers, etc. Still that is a little far-fetched. 

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Nathan McCorkle
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics

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