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Prenatal diagnosis
(redirected from Fetal testing)

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Prenatal diagnosis
The determination of whether a fetus possesses a disease or disorder while it is still in the womb.
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In 1997, Advocate writer Ted Gideonse explored potential ramifications of a definitive gay genetic marker and the possibility of fetal testing for sexual orientation.
May 27, 1997: Genetically gay? by Romesburg, Don / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
The most obvious example of this is in China, where the government recently announced a chilling plan to use fetal testing, forced sterilization, abortion, and a ban on marriages between people with congenital illnesses to weed out "new births of inferior quality.
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The results should be "very reasuring" to pregnant women over 35 who have undergone fetal testing that showed no detectable chromosomal disorders, Baird says.
Most birth defects don't rise with age by Walker, Tim / Science News
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