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Threats to the Lives of People with Disabilities: Prenatal Diagnosis of Lethal or Non-lethal Conditions and Disability

Mother holding her baby

Interviewer: Dr. Marie Hilliard, Director of Bioethics and Public Policy at the National Catholic Bioethics Center; Moderator of the October 5, 2010, National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD) 

Interviewee: Dr. John Bruchalski, OBGYN, founder of the pro-life Tepeyac Family Care Center, northern VA; Presenter on the October 5, 2010, NCPD Webinar

"I still have patients that were “routinely” given a screening test, and they received an adverse level, and were then told they needed to do an invasive procedure to confirm the screening test. Moms want to take care of their unborn children, they want to make sure they are healthy. A test that doesn’t jeopardize the wellbeing of their child is often accepted. However, in a significant percentage, the realties of what the answer from the screening test give are not thought through."

- Dr. John Bruchalski

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Related Disability or Ministry: 
Prenatal and Postnatal Support
Program Type: 
NCPD Advocates
Resource Type: 
Raising Awareness, Video/Audio
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