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Edited by Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch. 371 pp. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2000. $65 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). ISBN 0-87840-803-7 (cloth); 0-87840-804-5 (paper).

Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights centers on the tension between members of the disability-rights movement, who hold that prenatal testing for genetic disability sends a message that devalues people with disabilities, and those who view prenatal diagnosis simply as a way to avoid the distress of having a child with a serious disorder that need not increase discrimination against the disabled. The book is the product of a two-year project undertaken by the Hastings Center to explore the critique of prenatal testing for genetic disability put forth by members of the disability-rights movement. Over a two-year period, a group . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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