Choosing Down Syndrome by Chris Kaposy - ISBN: 9780262546249
Paperback
Embrace Down syndrome: A pro-choice call for a more inclusive world.

Choosing Down Syndrome

Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2022

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Summary

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective.

The rate at which parents choose to terminate a pregnancy when prenatal tests indicate that the fetus has Down syndrome is between 60 and 90 percent. In Choosing Down Syndrome, Chris Kaposy offers a carefully reasoned ethical argument in favor of choosing to have such a child. Arguing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy makes…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262546249
ISBN-10:0262546248
Author:Chris Kaposy
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:15 October 2022
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:Basic Bioethics
About The Author

Chris Kaposy

Chris Kaposy is Associate Professor of Bioethics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University, Newfoundland.

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