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When couples face disability-related reproductive choices and costs

My partner and I want to have children but genetic testing shows our kids would likely inherit my disability and we're stuck between the costs of reproductive options, accepting the risk, or giving up on biological children entirely.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Reproductive autonomy intersects with financial constraints and ethical questions about the value of different kinds of lives.

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