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offer benefits while posing societal and ethical challenges

In recent years, information technologies have
transformed society. In the coming decades, advances in
genomics and nanotechnologies may have an even greater
impact.

Here is an example about “giving a birth” to demonstrate
that we should be concerned about high technologies-related
ethic issues. High resolution fetal echo. is able to diagnose
some congenital abnormalities quiet early in fetal life. Whether
will a Mom decide to give the fetus up by receiving abortion
procedures after being told a congenital fetal defect with fetal
echo. screening.

In Japan, there is no such prenatal detection or screening
because Japanese people think they should give a birth and take
care of any baby at no excuse no matter what happens to the
unborn child. On the contrary, the philosophy of life is
different in the United States. Artificial abortion may be
adopted while fetal abnormality is found, such as Tetralogy of
Fallot.

Is selection of a birth is a kind of “heart murmur”? The
innovative fetal heart echo. technology makes us face an
agonizing dilemma at times whether to deliver a defective fetus

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