[1] For her, this meant interviewing women, geneticists, and obstetricians; visiting laboratories, and prenatal testing centers; and working alongside advocates for disabled people.
[1] The women Rapp interviewed came from a range of religious backgrounds, socioeconomic strata, and positions of societal privilege, all of which she factored into her evaluation of each subject's decision-making process.
[1] These influences ranged from discussions with partners, or lack thereof, to miscommunications between doctors and patients during translation of "technical language into vernacular.
Rapp concludes her book with a chapter on the medicalization of healthcare for children born with Down Syndrome and an introduction to her theme of pregnant women as "moral pioneers.
"[3] In her research, Rapp found that women who received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome were quicker to make the decision of whether to terminate the pregnancy or not than those who were given other, sometimes more severe diagnoses.