Would You Want to Know Your Baby’s Genetic Future?

By Daniela J. Lamas, M.D.

Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

In the first hours after my daughter was born, three years ago now, I searched her for answers. I examined her ears, looking for the telltale shape associated with certain genetic syndromes. I inspected her mouth for a cleft palate. I watched her movements and wondered what they might reveal.

I don’t know what I would have said if, in those days in the hospital, I had been........

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