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Finland, 70% of foetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted

19 November 2018

According to the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, approximately 70% of Finnish women now opt for an abortion if their unborn child is...

NIPT in Wales: "as though the government wanted to make part of the human race extinct"

27 June 2018

Wales has become the first country in the UK to offer non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on the NHS aimed at women at a higher risk of having a child with...

Boy or girl? The number of selective abortions could rise with new test delivering reliable results from the 8th week of pregnancy

14 May 2018

A Brazilian team at the Sabin Laboratory in Brasilia, keen to extend the use of NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) which already covers Down syndrome and two...

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) available in Wales from Monday

14 May 2018

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, wants Wales "to show the way" by making NIPT [1] available to pregnant women from next Monday. This new test is used to...

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Prenatal testing for Down Syndrome: the French High Authority for Health considers the new test profitable and rushes into approving its reimbursement

30 May 2017

Down Syndrome: France secretly makes NIPT lawful

30 May 2017

NIPT included in the « tracking strategy of Down Syndrome »

16 May 2017

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Prenatal diagnosis

Introduction

Bioethics press synthesis

Finland, 70% of foetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted

NIPT in Wales: "as though the government wanted to make part of the human race extinct"

Boy or girl? The number of selective abortions could rise with new test delivering reliable results from the 8th week of pregnancy

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) available in Wales from Monday

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Committee on Disabilities: the prenatal selection of disabled babies is discriminatory

Prenatal genetic selection, a contemporary form of racism

Why do French women more systematically have recourse to Down Syndrome testing? Comparative analysis

How can we avoid that children born disabled are stigmatised as a ”burden” to their own family?

Prenatal testing for Down Syndrome: the French High Authority for Health considers the new test profitable and rushes into approving its reimbursement

Down Syndrome: France secretly makes NIPT lawful

NIPT included in the « tracking strategy of Down Syndrome »

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