Ethical and social issues

• • Ethical issues:
  • Risk of miscarriage - killing is unethical
  • Risk of false positive - healthy foetus to be aborted
  • Risk of false negative - parents are not prepared for a child with CF
• Social issues:

  • Deciding who has the right to decide if tests should be performed - disagreements over next step
  • Issues relating to confidentiality of child - other family members have the right to know results