Saturday, May 16, 2009

Should genetic tests be created to identify autism in the womb?

Sorry that I have neglected this blog for so long! I've been really busy, but hope to update more soon.

In the meantime, I wanted to let you all know that the blog at autism.about.com has a new poll on the question, "Should genetic tests be created to identify autism in the womb?"

You can select more than one answer, so I selected both "No, because such a test implies that it's okay to abort an autistic fetus." and "No, because there's no good way to determine the baby's functional level."

I find this idea very scary, because I think that a lot of people would abort if such a test were to come back positive. Sad. But, go vote however you want!

http://autism.about.com/b/2009/05/14/should-a-genetic-test-be-developed-to-identify-autism-in-the-womb.htm

Have a great day!

AspieMama