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IS ICELAND’S 100% TERMINATION RATE FOR CHROMOSOMALLY ABNORMAL PREGNANCIES ETHICAL?

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2018
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Throughout history, people with disabilities have been treated as moral and social inferiors. Often, those with certain disabilities have been relegated to live lives of segregation, resigned to institutions and facilities because they have been regarded as incapable of making decisions or caring for themselves, or because others, whether family or those in the community, did not want to bear the burden of their presence. I argue that this view of disability as burdensome has resulted in the near 100% termination rate in Iceland in pregnancies found to be chromosomally abnormal. Further, I argue that this negative perception of disability is a result of systematic coercion, and a violation of the ethical principles of autonomy and justice.
Title: IS ICELAND’S 100% TERMINATION RATE FOR CHROMOSOMALLY ABNORMAL PREGNANCIES ETHICAL?.
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Name(s): McMillan, Mary, author
Kennedy, Ashley, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Date Created: 2018
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Jupiter, Florida
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 38 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Throughout history, people with disabilities have been treated as moral and social inferiors. Often, those with certain disabilities have been relegated to live lives of segregation, resigned to institutions and facilities because they have been regarded as incapable of making decisions or caring for themselves, or because others, whether family or those in the community, did not want to bear the burden of their presence. I argue that this view of disability as burdensome has resulted in the near 100% termination rate in Iceland in pregnancies found to be chromosomally abnormal. Further, I argue that this negative perception of disability is a result of systematic coercion, and a violation of the ethical principles of autonomy and justice.
Identifier: FAUHT00030 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2018.
Collection: FAU Honors Theses Digital Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
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Sublocation: Digital Library
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