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Genomic susceptibility-testing and pregnancy: something old, something new.
New genetics and society - 1 Dec 2004
Saukko Paula
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This essay explores how testing for common and complex or genomic, as opposed to genetic, susceptibility to deep vein thrombosis both challenges and consolidates old social discourses on genes, gender and pregnancy. The nexus between genetics and reproduction usually crystallizes in the moral dilemma of selective termination. This essay examines online discussion among women with a genomic predisposition to deep...
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