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How to make decisions about pregnancy after genetic testing

I'm pregnant and the genetic testing shows the baby will have Down syndrome but my partner wants to terminate and I don't know what makes a life worth living anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The promise of genetic knowledge transforms pregnancy from acceptance of mystery into an agonizing judgment about which kinds of human existence have value.

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