Genetic Testing The door opens and your doctor enters the room. The doctor has a frown. He tells you that they just received your tests from the lab and want to refer you to a genetic counselor. Considering the current trend of our society, many of us might face this situation in the future. But what does this mean for our lives, what can these tests really tell us? In this paper, I will discuss what types of tests are considered genetic screening and what they can tell us, the ethical argument circulating in the media today, and how you should adopt this new technology. What is genetic testing? Many tests that we call genetic tests are only for pregnant women. Pregnant women undergo many tests to screen for possible problems with fetal development. Some of the tests performed are blood tests to determine if the woman has a higher predisposition to having a baby with spina bifida or fetal Down syndrome. (Blatt 1997) These tests are safer than invasive tests and many people hope that one day all genetic testing done will be done on the mother's blood. This technique is called fetal cell sorting. But today, many tests that can be performed on the fetus require invasive techniques, such as needle amniocentesis and precutaneous cord blood sampling where a needle is inserted into an umbilical vein in ue tero. These tests can actually screen the genes of fetuses. And in some situations, women choose to terminate their pregnancies because of the results. A test carried out on newborns has been carried out since the 1960s. Phenylketonuria is a condition that can cause delay if it is not detected early enough in a child's development. The government has made it mandatory to screen newborns for this metabolic imbalance which can be treated with appropriate nutrition. (Blatt 1997) Many other diseases can be diagnosed at birth without any harm to the infant compared to the invasive procedure described previously. But many of these conditions that can be diagnosed have no known treatment, such as phenylketonuria. From newborns to adults, many new diseases can be diagnosed. Many tests have been developed and new ones are being developed every day thanks to the Human Genome Project. The enormity of the data presented to scientists virtually guarantees that almost everyone will have an identifiable genetic disorder..