[jergosh]

Her going public about this has got a great potential to raise awareness and make other women more likely to consider this course of action. The sad reality is, however, most women won't be able to afford the reconstructive surgery (or to have it done to the standard Angelina Jolie has).

[irollboozers]

I think more importantly it brings up the very real human implications of the debate against patenting human genes, which has most recently been centered around the BRCA gene.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/15/177035299/supreme...