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Current Legal Challenges to Abortion: Implications for Prenatal Genetics

July 9, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Event Description

Multiple US states have passed laws limiting the ability to terminate a pregnancy affected by Down syndrome or other genetic conditions, with the Ohio version of this law recently upheld by the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Preterm Cleveland v. McCloud). Yet historically, the relationship between prenatal genetics and abortion has always been complex. Options for prenatal genetic screening, diagnosis, and intervention have increased dramatically, but data suggest that a majority of pregnant people who receive a fetal genetic diagnosis in the US choose to terminate their pregnancy. If laws curtailing or eliminating the option of abortion in these cases are upheld, what role can and should genetics play in prenatal care?

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Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please visit the event webpage

Hosted by the Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis at Columbia University as part of the ELSI Friday Forum series.