The Most Serious Ethical Consequence of the Technological Changes in Childbirth

question 57

Multiple Choice

The most serious ethical consequence of the technological changes in childbirth is that:

• A) women must decide whether they want to deliver their babies at home or in the hospital
• B) pregnant women need to spend hours reading about the various technologies to determine whether they want to use them
• C) sonograms and amniocentesis are procedures that can be performed only by a physician or highly trained medical professional
• D) the parents can learn of any abnormalities in their child before birth and then could decide on their options
• E) physicians and obstetric nurses decide the relevance of amniocentesis, so the mother will not have any options.

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