MASS GENETIC SCREENING FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS Under new guidelines taking effect this month, obstetricians and gynecologists are supposed to offer the gene test to every Caucasian—or the partner of a Caucasian—who is pregnant or considering having a baby. It marks the first time gene tests are being offered to the general population. Pressure to abort the unborn will now increase in response to positive tests. https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000081838oct14.story
MASS. SUPREME COURT RULES FOR BIOLOGICAL OVER SURROGATE PARENTS The Supreme Judicial Court, in a 7-0 ruling Friday, declared that a couple whose twins were born to a surrogate mother were the children’s legal parents from the moment of birth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011012/aponline152811_001.htm