There are parents out there who have had a child die from a virtually unheard of genetic disorder. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is the second leading genetic disorder that kills. Without continued genetic testing the future generations of children afflicted with SMA will die. This is a grim outlook for them and their families, so genetic testing should not be illegal.
“One out of every ten thousand lives births involves a child being born with SMA” (Genomics & Genetics Weekly). One may ask, “What is SMA?” Spinal Muscular Atrophy is an inherited neuromuscular disease. SMA causes lower motor neurons in the base of the brain and the spinal cord to disintegrate, preventing them from delivering electrical and chemical signals that muscl
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