In his article, “Disability, Identity, and the “Expressivist Objection”,” author S.D. Edwards sets out to disprove the expressivist argument, or as he calls it the “expressivist objection.” The expressivist argue being that prenatal testing for specific genetic illnesses and disabilities is morally wrong as it sends a harmful message that being disabled is undesirable to the point that the disability outweighs other aspects of quality of life and thus termination of a pregnancy in response to disability is warranted. Edwards uses several areas of ethos, pathos, and logos some which strengthen his argument and others that weaken his argument.
Edwards is qualified to speak on the subject of the ethics regarding prenatal testing as he is currently a part of the philosophy and ethics in healthcare at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom (website), and university ranked 45th in the world…