Turner's Syndrome Essay

The crux of the case at hand is that a woman is in the late stage of her first trimester of pregnancy, and at this point she has newly discovered that the baby she is carrying carries the genetic ailment of Turner’s Syndrome. This is a genetic ailment that the case has described as being very noticeable and symptomatic from the patient who has this disease, but ultimately the women who have this are not likely to suffer from inability to function at a very basic level in life. There seems to not be many social limitations or mental limitations, and for the most part this disease will not revoke their chances of living a good life. From the description of the case, it doesn’t really seem like there is much of a moral dilemma posed to any party.

He goes on to discuss the moral issues with abortion, but in the frame of this topic he discusses why it is even more problematic when abortion is performed for genetic abnormalities. Kass expresses that he doesn’t like the impact that the field of amniocentesis has made on the treatment of children who are prenatally diagnoses with defects, taking to the extreme conclusion that he wouldn’t have been allowed to be born during this era. He also decried the idea that children who would be exceptionally allowed to be born when they are given such diagnoses before their birth would not be viewed with the right to life, and the attitude of the public would essentially be one in support of eugenic policies. Hence, he would most likely not support such a practice to continue at the wide scale he claims it is, and he would therefore not suggest for it to be done in this case either. The woman in the case had her test done by a amniocentesist, who made that diagnosis. Given that the option of abortion in this case is controversial enough to begin with, it would go without saying that he, not being a fan of genetic abortion, would especially not advise that