There are many inherited diseases like thalassemia which leads to incurable life lasting diseases. Many countries have rules to get screened for thalassemia carrier before marriage (carriers not allowed) or at early pregnancy and fetus can be tested at about 14 weeks of pregnancy and if it is thalassemia, the pregnancy can be terminated. Categorize different ethical issues raised in above case. Should it be allowed and not against basic human rights.
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Explanation:
thalassemia is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner; however, the inheritance can be quite complex as multiple genes can influence the production of hemoglobin. Most people affected by beta thalassemia have mutations in both copies of the HBB gene in each cell .
Answer:
Thalassemia is an inherited disease and there are many other such diseases like sickle cell anemia, Hemophilia etc.
The basic ethical issues raised in the above case are Ethical dilemmas such as women's autonomy rights may conflict with fetus' right to personhood, and doctor's moral obligations to society. In liberal jurisdictions, previable fetuses may not have legal rights of personhood; therefore, appropriate action would be to respect pregnant women's decisions regarding Termination of pregnancy.