Does Fetal Gene Therapy Cause Abortion?
If a child has a severe genetic disorder, the psychological and financial pressure borne by his or her family is tremendous. Consequently, fetal genetic disorders become one of the primary reasons for a pregnant woman to abort her child. However, abortion has been a very sensitive and controversial topic, and very often women would have a difficult time making the decision to abort. As an alternative to abortion, fetal gene therapy aims to cure genetic disorders at the earliest stage, which is the fetal stage. However, fetal gene therapy is also subjective to intensive controversy. In addition, both fetal gene therapy and abortion possess possibilities of causing permanent damage to the pregnant women and the fetus. As a result, the public