Withholding medical information from pregnant women is wrong. Period. It violates the Hippocratic oath.
But apparently Arizona disagrees.
Okay, so this admittedly is a little complicated. I definitely think it's a little scary that many families/women choose to abort fetuses that would be disabled. That's definitely a little eerie; however, I still think it's the family's/woman's choice to do so if they want to--for whatever reason: can't afford the medical costs, they feel unprepared to raise such a child, there could be enormous complications in the birth/remainder of the pregnancy, etc.
Nevertheless, passing a law that says it's okay for doctors to not tell a mother that her fetus would have important medical issues (I love the example in the article of the child born with one leg and no arms) is unacceptable. How about we try trusting women to make their own medical decisions, hm?
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