1. Catie Sosniecki, Sarah Dombrovski, Lauren Rakowski

2.  “a birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function, or metabolism present at birth that results in physical or mental disability or is fatal” -cdc.gov  1 in 33 babies is born each year in U.S. with a birth defect  20% of total infant deaths is caused by birth defects  Most common are heart defects

3.  Costs of birth defects  reducing disabled population  Stereotypes

4.  Adjusting to psych-social environments  Self-esteem of disabled people  Quality of life

5.  Abortion  Genetic Screening/fetal genetic tests  In-vitro fertilization

6.  Withholding medical treatment  Sterilization

7.  State funding  NGOs  FDA and EPA  Accutane

8.  Developing countries:  Intellectual property law  Patent laws  Infrastructure

9.  Extremely controversial issue  Politically:  Happy medium  Ethically:  Personal needs met  Socially:  Disabled still stigmatized and stereotyped