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# Bonnie Rochman


## Bonnie Rochman


_Rochman, a former parenting and health columnist for_ [_Time.com_](http://time.com/)_, is the author of_ [The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids — And the Kids We Have](http://us.macmillan.com/thegenemachine/bonnierochman/9780374160784)_._


## Bonnie Rochman


* ![A woman in black dress is holding a sonogram of a baby](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd40c1031565b9a0b/6988d6b222fb85aa90e22123/pregnancy-gene-testing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2017  
### [Mothers-To-Be Aren’t Told Enough About Genetic Testing](https://time.com/4868711/genetic-testing-pregnancy-parents/)  
And what they should do about what it might tell them  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  

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