‘It's them faulty genes again’: women, men and the gendered nature of genetic responsibility in prenatal blood screening

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Prenatal blood tests are routinely offered to pregnant women in the UK. Male partners are tested only where a combined positive male and female test could detect fetal abnormality such as sickle cell anaemia. Little is known about the gendered nature of screening and the impact it has on lay feelings of genetic responsibility. For example, do women take exclusive 'maternal responsibility' for the fetus? How is...

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