Issues surrounding prenatal genetic testing for achondroplasia.

Objectives: Mutations in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 cause achondroplasia, the most prevalent form of dwarfism. Since the discovery of the mutations and gene in 1994, commercial testing has been available for use in prenatal diagnosis. This study sought to determine the awareness of, interest in and use of prenatal genetic testing for achondroplasia.

Unintended messages: the ethics of teaching genetic dilemmas.

Bioethicists teaching and writing about the uses of prenatal genetic testing sometimes use "difficult cases" in which people with a disability want to test and select for the presence of their disability. Such cases challenge our stereotypes but also play into them.