title: Precious fertility and third-trimester tests.
abstract: Are some pregnancies more 'precious' than others? Should amniocentesis be offered late in pregnancy with the possibility looming of a late abortion, and if such tests should be offered, to whom and in what circumstances should this be done? These are some of the important ethical questions raised in the paper by Shalev et al. (1999). In what follows, an analysis and resolution will be offered for all these important issues.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D013997:Time Factors