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The ultra-sound test showed a cyst on the embryo's brain. My daughter-in-law pondered whether to terminate the pregnancy. According to the statistics, this finding usually has no significance. But is that enough to assuage the anxiety that the child might be born with a defect? Three years ago this grandchild was born - a charming, cheerful, beloved and amazingly intelligent child - who had been just a hair's breadth away from abortion.
In Israel more pregnancy scans are performed than in other Western countries, including Germany, the United States and Japan. Moreover, the pregnancy termination policy in Israel is far more liberal, especially with regard to late-term abortion, when the fetus is already viable. Alongside high technological capabilities and the high frequency of genetic diseases, an illusion has developed in Israel that it is possible to ensure a perfect baby by means of extensive testing during the course of the pregnancy. The Supreme Court has been asked recently to recognize "wrongful birth" - the right of the child and his parents to sue the doctors for a birth with a...
In Israel more pregnancy scans are performed than in other Western countries, including Germany, the United States and Japan. Moreover, the pregnancy termination policy in Israel is far more liberal, especially with regard to late-term abortion, when the fetus is already viable. Alongside high technological capabilities and the high frequency of genetic diseases, an illusion has developed in Israel that it is possible to ensure a perfect baby by means of extensive testing during the course of the pregnancy. The Supreme Court has been asked recently to recognize "wrongful birth" - the right of the child and his parents to sue the doctors for a birth with a...