Ian Kennedy. Lecturer In Law at King's College, London, in the second of two programmes examines the moral implications of society's response to defective children.
Recently it has become possible to detect ante-natally the presence of a foetus with spina bifida - a defect that may lead to paralysis and mental retardation. Should we, therefore, institute a nationwide screening programme for foetuses with spina bifida, or are the financial costs and the costs in terms of unintended damage to otherwise healthy foetuses unacceptable?
Producer DAVID PATERSON