PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D Heyd TI - Prenatal diagnosis: whose right? AID - 10.1136/jme.21.5.292 DP - 1995 Oct 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 292--297 VI - 21 IP - 5 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/21/5/292.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/21/5/292.full SO - J Med Ethics1995 Oct 01; 21 AB - The question who is the subject of the right to prenatal diagnosis may be answered in four ways: the parents, the child, society, or no one. This article investigates the philosophical issues involved in each of these answers, which touch upon the conditions of personal identity, the principle of privacy, the scope of social responsibility, and the debate about impersonalism in ethics.