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The genetics and abortion issue is an extension of the abortion debate and the disability rights movement. Since the advent of forms of prenatal diagnosis , such as amniocentesis and ultrasound , it has become possible to detect the presence of congenital disorders in the fetus before birth .
Objections to PGD based on its effect on embryos replay debates over abortion and embryo status that have occurred in many other contexts, from abortion to embryonic stem cell research. People who think that the embryo or fetus is a person will object to creating and destroying embryos, and oppose most uses of PGD.
In 2000, GenBioPro's generic version of mifepristone was approved for medication abortion, as part of a two-drug regimen in combination with misoprostol. In 2023, GenBioPro sued the FDA to obtain a legal judgement confirming that mifepristone could continue to be sold, in spite of anti-abortion laws passed in some states.
Abortion funds, which benefitted from “rage giving” in 2022, have helped pay the costs for many abortion-seekers. But some funds have had to cap how much they can give . The abortion map has ...
Medication abortion accounted for 63% of all abortions in the US healthcare system in 2023, up from 53% in 2020, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute released last week. Tellingly ...
The letter came after anti-abortion activists indicated an interest in misusing the 19th century anti-obscenity law to ban the mailing of abortion pills. But Fonteno says the 2022 letter made ...
A designer baby is a baby whose genetic makeup has been selected or altered, often to exclude a particular gene or to remove genes associated with disease. [1] [2] This process usually involves analysing a wide range of human embryos to identify genes associated with particular diseases and characteristics, and selecting embryos that have the desired genetic makeup; a process known as ...
After the 2024 election, women’s reproductive rights are front and center of the news cycle, once again.. According to reports, there has already been a surge in demand for mifepristone, a.k.a ...