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“Doctors are thinking about bioethics more than they have in the past,” McGee said. “But the bottom line is it’s not enough. They need training. We need more people to teach doctors. Training doctors is important. . . . The bottom line about bioethics is that we don’t think we have the answers. The reason we exist is because nobody else is asking the questions.”

+ Glenn McGee in the Daily Gazette: "Medical ethics taking center stage"

"It's one thing to say, "I don't want a pregnancy.' It's another to say, "I don't want to have a baby with Tay Sachs disease, which is going to kill him anyway,' versus, "I don't want a baby with Down,' versus, "I don't want a baby who's blind,' versus, "I don't want a baby that's gay.' Every one of those could, and eventually will, be a part of genetic testing. In that sense, this debate isn't about Down testing, it's about how to handle genetic information about the fetus."

+ Art Caplan in the Intelligencer (Philadelphia): "The risks of testing"

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