WHYY's "Fresh Air" Discusses Legal, Moral, Ethical Issues Surrounding Prenatal Testing For Genetic Defects

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Article Date: 21 Mar 2006 - 9:00 PDT

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WHYY's "Fresh Air," an NPR-syndicated program, on Thursday included an interview with Elizabeth Weil, author of a recent story in the New York Times Magazine examining the legal, moral and ethical issues surrounding pregnancy termination because of detected genetic defects. In the interview, Weil discussed the people whose experiences were the subject of her article, as well as the issues raised by such cases (Gross, "Fresh Air," WHYY, 3/16).

The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

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