Genetic Testing Is Wrong

Throughout a person’s lifespan, a number of different choices will be made which will affect their every move; whether it is small like choosing what to wear or big like creating a baby with your significant other. When people are given a circumstance where the decision is solely based on the individual’s morals and what he or she believes in, will most likely play a big role in the decision that they decide. In accordance to genetic testing, morality and ethics should always consider coming prior to every decision that the patient or doctor(s) make because it is the most accountable thing to do. When people are reckless, their morals and what they believe in are most likely to be overlooked and are put into an even harder situation to get …show more content…
If carrying a gene that you do not want your children to have the potential to be passed down, you should always take into consideration when deciding to reproduce. You should keep this in mind because if your baby inherits the phenotype gene you will have to make the decision of keeping it or aborting the child (Starn). For example, in the case of dwarfism the couple knew that there would be a chance of the child being born as a normal baby instead of one with the gene for dwarfism, yet they still want to have the genetic testing done and plan to abort the fetus if it is healthy. This is showing irresponsibility because if they knew that the child had a chance of being born healthy but still planned to abort it they would be killing a fetus that had no major irregularities. The purpose of genetic testing is to do the testing in order to prevent the babies from being born with abnormalities that can affect them later in life, such as achondroplasia. If you plan on misusing the testing in order to fulfill your own needs instead of reasoning about what would be best for the fetus’ health that shows irresponsibility and should not be allowed by the center. Another way to show responsibility is to be a knowledgeable patient when going into the decision making process and being mentally prepared. In the Psychology and Genetics Research Group’s article they believe that there are now several well-documented psychological problems associated with prenatal testing programs (Martea). These include poor understandings of tests undergone or declined, anxiety following false positive results, and false reassurance in those receiving negative test results. This article expresses that if not taking seriously, genetic testing can have more problems than intended. A way to better these problems would be to take the