That's a pretty depressing situation you've got there.
Anyway, let's go through this point by point.
(1&2) I think testing yourself and the foetus(es) is a good practice. If you first test you and your partner you have some insight if your child might have Cystic Fibrosis. Testing the foetuses themselves might be a bit more stressful, but when both parents are carriers it's probably the right thing to do.
I would have advised an abortion if I were them. Cystic Fibrosis is a terrible disease where your body is slowly disintegrating, and I wouldn't wish that to anybody.
(3) Now this is the hardest point of it all. Knowing that your child has a one in four chance of having CF is a disheartening prospect, but having no children of your own might not be what you want. If you don't mind adopting children then I would encourage to do that. The other option is that you continue to have children and abort any who have the hereditary disease.
(4) Now I can't really call this a matter of fairness, since it's all statistics. It sucks that the odds weren't in your favour, but nobody could control those odds so there's no fairness involved. It is a terrible situation though.
Anyway, let's go through this point by point.
(1&2) I think testing yourself and the foetus(es) is a good practice. If you first test you and your partner you have some insight if your child might have Cystic Fibrosis. Testing the foetuses themselves might be a bit more stressful, but when both parents are carriers it's probably the right thing to do.
I would have advised an abortion if I were them. Cystic Fibrosis is a terrible disease where your body is slowly disintegrating, and I wouldn't wish that to anybody.
(3) Now this is the hardest point of it all. Knowing that your child has a one in four chance of having CF is a disheartening prospect, but having no children of your own might not be what you want. If you don't mind adopting children then I would encourage to do that. The other option is that you continue to have children and abort any who have the hereditary disease.
(4) Now I can't really call this a matter of fairness, since it's all statistics. It sucks that the odds weren't in your favour, but nobody could control those odds so there's no fairness involved. It is a terrible situation though.
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