In These Times, July 1st, 2007
Parents with limited incomes are being denied access to genetic tests and the counseling that experts say should accompany them
THE MAPPING OF THE human genome, first completed in 2000, vastly accelerated research into the genetic causes of human disease. But national health policy has not kept up with the science, and consequently many Americans lack the information they need to make an informed decision about whether to carry a pregnancy to term.
According to reproductive health, genetic and disability rights experts, high costs and lack of government regulation have put comprehensive gene...
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