The FDA gets religion

[xoxoxoBruce]

From here

Hal Wallis, MD is fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and Diplomat of the American Board of Ob-Gyn.

snip~~Spectral Genomics of Houston, Texas recently announced a new technique (as of yet not FDA-approved) for molecular karyotyping using what is known as a genomic microarray. Instead of looking at chromosomes grossly, this technique can divide the chromosomes at over 1400 locations within an individual's genetic sequence This allows for the evaluation of additions and deletions of genetic material within relatively small segments of DNA. This information, when compared to the existing genomic data base, may potentially identify multiple possible genetic disorders with a single test.1
The implications of this technology are likely to be profoundly troubling. Since Roe v. Wade, the (always tragic) decision to have an abortion has most often been driven by the personal desire of one or both parents to end the pregnancy, with no serious regard for the potential of the child. The expanded ability to identify multiple variations within an individual's genetic makeup reverses this concept. That is to say, the decision to carry or abort a pregnancy will increasingly be based on an infant's ability to rise to a predetermined standard of acceptability, a standard that is determined either by the parents or society. The new view of abortion will be characterized as "prenatal euthanasia," carried out for the good of the parents, child, and society.