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: