PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Michael
AU  - S Buckle
TI  - Screening for genetic disorders: therapeutic abortion and IVF.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.16.1.43
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 43--47
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/16/1/43.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/16/1/43.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1990 Mar 01; 16
AB  - This paper examines a proposal to make use of IVF techniques to provide an alternative to therapeutic abortion of fetuses with genetic abnormalities. We begin by describing the proposed procedure, and then show that, considered in itself, it is morally on a par with therapeutic abortion. However, once the wider practical implications are brought into view, the proposed new procedure loses its initial appeal. The pros and cons are not sufficiently clear-cut entirely to rule out the IVF procedure, so the paper concludes by indicating some further complications which may follow, should the procedure come to be adopted.