AT Kerigan
Extract
The assumption that abortion is the treatment of choice for a neural tube defect, regardless of its severity, is implicit in both the physician’s offering the screening service and the parents’ acceptance of it. . . . If the physician was prepared to take the child’s life before birth, can he legitimately refuse to do so after birth if requested? . . . prenatal decision-making cannot be disassociated from post-natal decision-making. They are of the same order logically and ethically. To my mind both abortion and infanticide are unacceptable and represent a concept that is a huge step backwards for the medical profession . . . .
Kerigan AT. (Correspondence) Hazards of prenatal detection of neural tube defects. Can Med Assoc J. 1978 Oct 07;119(7):696.