PEDIATRICS Vol. 91 No. 4 April 1993, pp. 853
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Screening for Treatable Disorders

GEORGIANNE ARNOLD MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Section of Genetics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202

To the Editor.—

I wish to commend Dr Ellen Wright Clayton on her thoughtful commentary concerning issues in state newborn screening programs. The trauma of false-positive tests on families and the availability of a state-owned "DNA bank" consisting of newborn screening blotters are both issues which require consideration. I also share her grave concerns about society or state intervention in the rights of parents who carry genetic disorders to procreate. However, I take exception to the concept that parents should be allowed to choose whether or not their children will be screened for treatable disorders.


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