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Selection against Disability: Abortion, ART, and Access
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
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A decade ago, Adrienne Asch asked: “Is it possible for the same society to espouse the goals of including people with disabilities as fully equal and participating members and simultaneously promoting the use of embryo selection and selective abortion to prevent the births of those who would live with disabilities?”1 She concluded that informed reproductive choice, including the use of pre-implantation genetic screening and selective abortion, could potentially coexist with respect for current and future people with disabilities, but that achieving such a balance would require substantial clinical and cultural changes in light of the social context in which decisions about disability-based selection are made.
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