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Invasive Prenatal Genetic Testing: A Catholic Healthcare Provider's Perspective

19 Jun 2014

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Invasive prenatal testing is performed for a variety of reasons, but the most common indication is for genetic testing of the fetus. Although many times the information obtained from this type of testing results in selective termination of fetuses with genetic diagnoses, the information itself may be morally neutral. Should a Catholic healthcare provider be willing to perform invasive prenatal testing in the...

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PMID: 25473130
DOI: 10.1179/2050854914y.0000000022

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