00:01
This question really is more of an opinion question, but the teacher, the book, is trying to get you to think about the different concepts involved in inheritance and how genes work.
00:20
And so if someone has a genetic predisposition for a disease like alzheimer's or col, colon cancer, it does not guarantee that they will get them.
00:39
It does not guarantee that they will get them because it's just a risk, right? and so having those genetic markers and the testing involved with those allows you to have information.
01:00
And when you have information, right, you can make informed decisions.
01:10
If i know i have a high risk of colon cancer, i'm going to start getting screenings.
01:18
I'm going to get screened for that maybe more often or maybe earlier.
01:26
Maybe you're not supposed to get screened for colon cancer until you're 45 and then it's every five years.
01:32
Years, but if i know i have a high risk of that, maybe i start getting screened at 40, and i get screened every year.
01:42
And so the question is asking if she has a legal or a moral obligation to tell her children about these findings.
01:53
I would argue that she absolutely has no legal requirement, no legal requirement to tell her children...