Genetic tests are never very accurate and can ¨greatly [increase] anxiety from a positive result, [and] false reassurance from a negative result¨ (Press 74). Why go through genetic testing and have to face the possibility of a miscarriage when the results are not guaranteed to be accurate? The risks of genetic testing to the unborn child and even to the mother is not greater than the gain that can come from the results. Genetic testing is still relatively new with the first time it ¨changed dramatically [was] in the early 1970s¨ (Press 73) moreover, it still needs drastic improvement before it can grow to be a multi-million dollar industry as some predict it will become (Shurkin). As Shurkin says, this ¨technology is not science fiction¨ it is something that has become more commonplace. It is scary to think about the fact that parents will eventually be able to see every trait their child will have or might develop before the baby is born. Maybe even before the second and third trimester of a
Genetic tests are never very accurate and can ¨greatly [increase] anxiety from a positive result, [and] false reassurance from a negative result¨ (Press 74). Why go through genetic testing and have to face the possibility of a miscarriage when the results are not guaranteed to be accurate? The risks of genetic testing to the unborn child and even to the mother is not greater than the gain that can come from the results. Genetic testing is still relatively new with the first time it ¨changed dramatically [was] in the early 1970s¨ (Press 73) moreover, it still needs drastic improvement before it can grow to be a multi-million dollar industry as some predict it will become (Shurkin). As Shurkin says, this ¨technology is not science fiction¨ it is something that has become more commonplace. It is scary to think about the fact that parents will eventually be able to see every trait their child will have or might develop before the baby is born. Maybe even before the second and third trimester of a