Where Risk and Choice and Hope Converge, a Guiding Voice

September 18, 2007

Ms. Iacoboni, 31 and a new mother herself, has a daunting task. The information and the choices she must explain form a slippery, spiraling staircase, with every step posing questions of risk, hope, heartbreak, conscience — made even more precipitous because this second-trimester blood test is prone to false alarms. (New York Times)