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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
See p. 251.
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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
Not necessarily. See pp. 201-2.
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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
See p. 251.
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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
See p. 251.
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Which is NOT a reason why genetic information should NOT be used to compel persons to refrain from procreation?
{ 1 } - Programs of negative genetics might have side effects worse than the evils they would remedy.
{ 2 } - The use of genetic screening violates the principle of stewardship and creativity.
{ 3 } - Programs of negative genetics would achieve their goals very slowly.
{ 4 } - Even if those persons who suffer from a particular genetic disease are prevented from reproducing, this still does not eliminate heterozygous carriers who will continue to transmit defects dependent on recessive genes.
{ 5 } - The same persons carry good and bad genetic traits that are sometimes linked in obscure ways.
See p. 251.
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