Finding out the “gender” sooner: Ethical tensions and parental motivation in discovering fetal sex and chromosomal anomaly risk using noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Finding out the “gender” sooner: Ethical tensions and parental motivation in discovering fetal sex and chromosomal anomaly risk using noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has rapidly expanded in both utilization and scope since it became available in 2011. While NIPT screens for a limited number of chromosomal anomalies, it has become colloquially known as the “gender” test because of the ability to determine sex chromosome informa...

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Main Authors: Aleksa Owen, G. Allen Ratliff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Subjects:
Prenatal testing
Cell-free DNA
Reproductive decision-making
Disability
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001580

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