title: Prenatal diagnosis and the transformation of the epistemic space of human heredity.
abstract: The introduction of new techniques of prenatal diagnosis in the 1960s transformed already back then, and continues to transform, the epistemic space of human heredity. These techniques - like karyotyping, amniocentesis, obstetrical ultrasound, and, more recently, analysis of free foetal DNA in maternal blood - modify the way in which people influence the transmission of traits to their offspring and thus have the potential to define what a "normal," "acceptable," or "valuable" human being is.
authors.affiliation: CERMES 3 7 rue Guy Moquet, 94801 Villejuzifcedex, France. lowy@vjf.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Löwy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D040941:Heredity; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods