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We examined the differences in attitudes towards performing prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations in Jewish and Muslim women in Israel due to deafness. Overall, 953 Israeli women, aged 18\u201346 years with a mean age of 32.0 (SD = 7.12), were enrolled. Of those, 68.7% were city dwellers and 31.3% were village dwellers, and 60.2% were Muslim women and 39.8% were Jewish women. All participants had a child with a hearing impairment or deafness. The group with no genetic hearing loss performed more prenatal invasive tests and pregnancy terminations than those with genetic hearing loss in both ethnic groups. Jewish women performed more invasive prenatal tests and, consequently, a pregnancy termination. Secular Jewish women more frequently underwent pregnancy terminations due to fetal deafness. Further genetic counseling and information concerning IVF and PGD procedures should be provided to the Muslim population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children10091438","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,23]],"date-time":"2023-08-23T08:57:39Z","timestamp":1692781059000},"page":"1438","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Termination in Jewish and Muslim Women with a Deaf Child in Israel"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Aliza","family":"Amiel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Science, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv 64044, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4457-5669","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wasef","family":"Na\u2019amnih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Science, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv 64044, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahdi","family":"Tarabeih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Science, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv 64044, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1245","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijporl.2004.04.021","article-title":"Sensorineural hearing loss in Jewish children born in Jerusalem","volume":"68","author":"Levi","year":"2004","journal-title":"Int. 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