Article ID: CBB001024128

Moving up the Slippery Slope: Mandated Genetic Screening on Cyprus (2009)

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Many social scientists and bioethicists have argued that genetic screening is a new form of eugenics. Examination of the development of the quasi-mandated screening program for beta-thalassemia in the Republic of Cyprus (1970-1984) demonstrates that there is nothing eugenic about modern genetic screening practices. The Cypriot screening program involves mandated premarital carrier screening, voluntary prenatal diagnosis (originally through fetoscopy, now through CVS), and voluntary termination of afflicted pregnancies-all at public expense. In the Republic of Cyprus, the mandating agency for genetic screening is the established church, so this examination also demonstrates that religious authorities with profound objections to abortion can balance that moral precept against others, such as the imperative to reduce suffering that sometimes conflict with it.

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Authors & Contributors
Sarah Mellors Rodriguez
Sandra Bärnreuther
Nakachi, Mie
Erin Heidt-Forsythe
Jeong, Yeonbo
Zhong, Yuecen
Concepts
Reproductive medicine
Reproductive technologies
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Eugenics
Fertilization, in vitro
Medicine and government
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
China
Canada
United Kingdom
South Korea
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