Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses on the ethical question that must be considered: What defines a defect? Should defective babies be aborted, or should they be allowed to live?

NOVA Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Predictable Disaster
• s03e02 - Joey
• s03e03 - Meditation and the Mind
• s03e04 - The Planets
• s03e05 - A Desert Place
• s03e06 - A Small Imperfection
• s03e07 - Ninety Degrees Below
• s03e08 - The Race for the Double Helix
• s03e09 - The Renewable Tree
• s03e10 - The Williamsburgh File
• s03e11 - The Overworked Miracle
• s03e12 - The Transplant Experiment
• s03e13 - The Underground Movement
• s03e14 - Hunters of the Seal
• s03e15 - Benjamin
• s03e16 - The Women Rebel
• s03e17 - Death of a Disease
• s03e18 - Inside the Shark
• s03e19 - The Genetic Chance
• s03e20 - The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.