ABSTRACT
This chapter gives a nuanced treatment of the practice of prenatal genetic testing. Dietz reshapes the conversation around prenatal genetic testing, which is typically framed in terms of individual decisions and autonomy. She argues that prenatal testing for disability, and the terminations that often follow when the fetus has traits that may develop into a disability, is not best understood in terms of individuals choosing against disability. Rather, she argues that the ableist structures that inform the practice of testing and termination ought to be understood as essential to the reproductive decisions that any individuals make.
