Turner's Syndrome Analysis

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A Beautiful Life with Forty-Five or Forty-Seven Chromosomes Jessica Thibodaux is a thirty-seven year old woman in her twentieth week of pregnancy. Heeding the advice of her obstetrician, she decided to undergo amniocentesis to determine if there are any chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus she carries. Having gone through all the screenings, her fetus was diagnosed with Turner's syndrome, a condition in which a female fetus lacks the X chromosomes. Some of the anatomical and physiological effects of Turner's syndrome include short stature, facial irregularities, unusual pubescence, and infertility. At this point, Thibodeaux begins to ask herself a question no mother ever hopes to ask: Do I keep the fetus or do I abort it? If she is a mother that is concerned about making morally justified decisions, then I think she should not abort the fetus. Turner Syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal condition of only 45 and completely missing an X chromosome developed in females. The Turner’s syndrome is due to the chromosomal abnormality, which all or part of one of the X chromosomes becomes missing or altered. While most people have 46 chromosomes, people with the Turner’s syndrome will usually have 45 chromosomes. A child or person with Turner’s syndrome will have signs and symptoms of lymphedema, amenorrhoea, aortic …show more content…
Though it may display many characteristics of personhood, it should not be considered a person because it is still not completely independent." Admittedly, despite all its physical resemblances of personhood, the fetus is still not completely independent of its mother at twenty weeks of development. However, just because the fetus is unable to live on its own does not disqualify it from having personhood, just as a patient in a hospital is still a person despite the fact that he or she depends on dialysis or a respirator to live on his or her

Turner's Syndrome Analysis

Turner’s syndrome (TS) occurs in about 1 to 2,500 female births worldwide and more common among pregnancies that go through miscarriages and stillbirths. TS is linked with illness, mortality, and shortened life expectancy. Association concerning the age of the parent and TS is controversial (Iyer et al., 2012). Even though the cause of TS is unknown, research notes that there is no correlation between the mother’s age at the time they conceive a child with TS and the rate of TS pregnancies. Various…

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