Health professionals and scientists' views on genome-wide NIPT in the French public health system: Critical analysis of the ethical issues raised by prenatal genomics

A Perrot, R Horn - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In France, since January 2020, laboratories have started to make available genome-wide
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (GW-NIPT) beyond the three common trisomies (T21, T13 …

Preserving women's reproductive autonomy while promoting the rights of people with disabilities?: the case of Heidi Crowter and Maire Lea-Wilson in the light of NIPT …

A Perrot, R Horn - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2023 - jme.bmj.com
On July 2021, the UK High Court of Justice heard the Case CO/2066/2020 on the
application of Heidi Crowter who lives with Down's syndrome, and Máire Lea-Wilson whose …

Contributing to an autism biobank: diverse perspectives from autistic participants, family members and researchers

R Lilley, H Rapaport, R Poulsen, M Yudell… - Autism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been intense debate within the autistic and autism communities about the use of
autism biobanks–repositories containing biological and phenotypic materials–and of …

Expressivist objections to prenatal screening and testing: Perceptions of people living with disability

F Boardman, G Thomas - Sociology of Health & Illness, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 'expressivist objection'(EO) refers to the notion that using reproductive (genetic)
technologies to prevent the birth of future would‐be disabled people contain, and express, a …

Should the scope of NIPT be limited by a 'threshold of seriousness'?

M Taylor-Sands, M Johnston, C Mills - European Journal of Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has the potential to screen for a wider range of genetic
conditions than is currently possible at an early stage of pregnancy and with minimal risks …

Screening before we know: Radical uncertainties in expanded prenatal genetics

D Navon, G Thomas - OBM Genetics, 2021 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
In this article, we discuss the radical uncertainties unleashed by expanded prenatal
genetics. We show how we are now routinely screening fetuses in the absence of two …

Anthropology of abortion

M Unnithan, S De Zordo, A Blystad… - A Companion to the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abortion has been at the center of the anthropological examination of body politics,
contributing to the theories of bodily integrity, autonomy, entitlement, claims, choice, consent …

“We Wouldn't Change Him for the World, but We'd Change the World for Him” Parents, Disability, and the Cultivation of a Positive Imaginary

GM Thomas - Current Anthropology, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Down's syndrome (DS) occupies a curious position in the public imaginary in the United
Kingdom. There is a growing public, and positive, presence of people with DS in cultural …

[图书][B] Prenatal Diagnostic Testing for Genetic Disorders: The Revolution of the Non-Invasive Prenatal Test

GC Di Renzo - 2023 - books.google.com
This comprehensive volume covers all aspects of the revolution in prenatal diagnosis
brought about by the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which primarily …

Die Verheissung gesundes Kind. Eine Analyse der spanischen Eizellenspendeökonomie.

L Perler - 2021 - boris.unibe.ch
Spanien ist der europäische Leader im Bereich der Reproduktionsmedizin. Die liberale
Gesetzge-bung und die grosse Anzahl privater Reproduktionskliniken zieht eine stetig …