Genetic Choices: Prenatal Genetic TestingTechnology has advanced enormously over the past few decades. When women became pregnant, there were not as many tests done back then as there are today. Expectant mothers can now see 3D/4D images of their unborn child and undergo genetic testing to see if their child will have anything wrong with them. Tests are being done now to see if a child will have Down or Tay-Sachs syndrome, which they can now check after 10 to 14 weeks, and doctors can now check if the unborn fetus will have any diseases and conditions. disabilities before the child. was even born. This is called prenatal genetic screening. It allows doctors to take a small sample of blood or tissue from the mother and then test for the presence of malformations, diseases and mutations. Once the test results show that something is wrong with the unborn fetus, the mother can then decide whether she wants to have an abortion or not. Prenatal genetic testing has many benefits, but at some point it becomes morally wrong to eliminate unborn babies because of their abnormalities. “Prenatal genetic testing checks for genetic disorders by looking for changes in a person’s DNA” (Childress 519). Doctors take a small sample of blood or tissue from a patient and can test for genetic mutations that could possibly appear in their child. For prenatal genetic testing, the doctor or mother wants to “determine whether a fetus has genetic abnormalities that could cause physical or mental disabilities” (520 Vaughn). If a mother is over 35, the chances of her having a child with Down syndrome are greater than a mother in her 20s. Genetic testing is also done when there are inherited genetic disorders in the family history or...... middle of article...... it.Works CitedChildress, Kelly Dahlgren. “Genetics, disability and ethics: could applied technologies lead to a new eugenics? » Genetics, Disability and Ethics (2003): 157-174. Edwards, SD “Prenatal Genetic Screening for Intellectual Disability”. Journal of Research on Intellectual Disabilities 47.7 (2003): 526-32. Print.Garrison, Vyckie. Disability, prenatal testing, and care for moral and compassionate abortion. August 16, 2012. March 2014. McMahan, Jeff. “The morality of disability screening.” Ethics. Reproductive Healthcare Limited, March 2005. Web. April 1, 2014. .Vaughn, Lewis. “Chapter 9.” Bioethics: principles, issues and cases. Second ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2013. 518-37. Print.Zallen, Doris. Confronting the science: the dilemma of genetic testing. March/April 2014. February 2014.