The Uncertain Rationale for Prenatal Disability Screening
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15745762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David H Wasserman (0000-0002-3095-2665, Public Policy Institute of California, corresponding author), Adrienne Asch |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-56 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped2-0601 |
| PMID | 23232319 |
| OpenAlex | W200882397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
an article in The New England Journal of Medicine reported the increasing accuracy of first trimester screening for Down syndrome. The introduction of first trimester tests for the condition was heralded in 1998 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD), as reducing complications for women who choose abortion. NICHHD reportedly spent $15 million on the studypresumably to fulfill its mission "to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted." Of course, few children with trisomy 21 detected in the first trimester are likely to be born at all. NICHHD's mission is also "to ensure that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes," and that goal may also have provided a rationale for funding the research-many women might see the birth of a child with Down syndrome as a "harmful effect" of their pregnancy. We suggest that it is difficult to justify prenatal screening for disability on either of these grounds, as protecting the health of the fetus or child or as protecting women from harmful effects of reproduction
Biology · Fetus · Pregnancy · Prenatal diagnosis · Prenatal screening · Child and Adolescent Health · Computer Science · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Medicine · Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics · Psychology · Genetics
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |