[TheBabyEater]

Originally Posted by Jocelyn.

So the couple and the doctor both knew he has this disorder, but the doctor failed to tell him it had a 50% chance to be passed on? And they are blaming it on the doctor? Is that what the article is saying?

If I knew I had some rare genetic disorder that could potential disable me for life I think I'd automatically be reconsidering having a child, and definitely asking questions before I spent thousands of dollars trying to conceive one.

Unless I'm reading it wrong, and they didn't realize he had this disorder until after the baby was conceived then I still don't see how the blame would be on the doctor. Any testing I had while I was pregnant was completely voluntary (minus gestational diabetes). This is another one of those articles that has waaay too little information in my opinion.

I'm under the understanding that the doctor did not know that the gene could be passed on, or that the doctor knew the father carried it at all. But I agree, not enough information in the article to make it clear on what happened.