Cultures of Testing: The Moral Dilemmas of Prenatal Testing

The exponential growth of technology offers parents additional information about a pregnancy, and more significantly, provides them the ability to terminate in order to avoid suffering. Rayna Rapp’s book, Testing Women, Testing the Fetus, presents the research she conducted regarding amniocentesis and the social effect of this prenatal test. Rapp analyzes the role religion, socioeconomic… Continue reading Cultures of Testing: The Moral Dilemmas of Prenatal Testing