emotional consequences of early testing for genetic disorders

[jrtom]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/health/18huntington.html?ex=1331870400&en=7ce9d3291eab0b28&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Personally, I think I'd rather know.

But it's a hard thing to know.

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Re: I'd want to know.

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

Stupid hair trigger "submit" button. An additional thought:

I've got a pair of friends who "screen" positive for Downs syndrome on their current pregnancy, based purely on family history and age. They're deciding whether to get the genetic test. Hard stuff.

Re: I'd want to know.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's an even harder one, because you're in a position of having to make decisions for someone else that can't possibly make them for their own.

(Yes, you do this every time you decide to adopt a pet, or have/adopt an infant. But it feels different, somehow.)