Consultant: I fear that you’re never going to be able to relax
during this pregnancy […] exceptionally, I’m going to allow
myself to give you my opinion. It’s up to you to make the decision. It’s
maybe worth taking the 1% risk. Even though you don’t know what you’ll
do afterwards”.
The change of frame gives the woman the opportunity to mention her
partner’s refusal to have a sample taken, a refusal rooted in the
religious authority frame. She fears a possible miscarriage, for which
she would be blamed. The geneticist, adapting to the situation, offers
to take some of the responsibility by producing a letter addressed to
the partner, and that he vocally records in the woman’s presence: