2001
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-2-3
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Antenatal screening and its possible meaning from unborn baby's perspective

Abstract: In recent decades antenatal screening has become one of the most routine procedure of pregnancy-follow up and the subject of hot debate in bioethics circles. In this paper the rationale behind doing antenatal screening and the actual and potential problems that it may cause will be discussed. The paper will examine the issue from the point of wiew of parents, health care professionals and, most importantly, the child-to-be. It will show how unthoughtfully antenatal screening is performed and how pregnancy is t… Show more

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“…If PND leads to prenatal or postnatal treatment, then obviously, the interests of the child would have been served since the aim will be to give that child a better life. In as much as most people will prefer to have a healthy child, the interests of this unborn child vis-à-vis having a life at all should outweigh what Aksoy refers to as “comparatively trivial interests, for almost any interest is trivial compared to life” [ 17 ]. The use of the word “trivial” is relative here and does not mean that those who opt for PND and selective abortion do it in a cavalier manner.…”
Section: Ethical Issues In Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If PND leads to prenatal or postnatal treatment, then obviously, the interests of the child would have been served since the aim will be to give that child a better life. In as much as most people will prefer to have a healthy child, the interests of this unborn child vis-à-vis having a life at all should outweigh what Aksoy refers to as “comparatively trivial interests, for almost any interest is trivial compared to life” [ 17 ]. The use of the word “trivial” is relative here and does not mean that those who opt for PND and selective abortion do it in a cavalier manner.…”
Section: Ethical Issues In Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Zira testlerin bu amaçla ve bu şekilde kullanımı, dıştan bir müdahale gerçekleşmediği takdirde var olma yolunda ilerleyen bir yaşamı sonlandırma niyeti doğrultusunda atılan ilk adım olacak ve ne fetüse ne kadına ne de topluma bir yarar sağlayacaktır (43). Toplumun seçici kürtajdan fayda sağladığını düşünen bazı yazarlara göre, engelli bireyler kaynaklı bakım ve tedavi masrafları azalacak ve buradan tasarruf edilen para diğer toplumsal icraatlara tahsis edilebilecektir (1,18,39). Ne var ki prenatal testlerin bir "tasarruf " mekanizması olduğu iddiası, en sık karşılaşılan kromozomal anomali olan Down sendromu insidansının dahi maternal yaşın genç (≤30) olduğu gebeliklerde 1/800 civarında olduğu gerçeği göz önünde bulundurulduğunda pek inandırıcı değildir.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Down sendromlu bir fetüsü tespit edebilmek adına fazladan 799 kadına bu testleri uygulamak, tasarruf değil, aksine israf anlamına gelebilir. Bu bakımdan bu yaklaşımı "pire için yorgan yakmak" şeklinde tabir eden ve eleştiren yazarlara hak vermek mümkündür (39). Down sendromuna karşı bu gibi prenatal uygulamalar ancak ileri maternal yaştan ötürü (≥45) insidansın 1/32'ye kadar yükseldiği gebelikler için anlamlı olabilir (44).…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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“…Invasive prenatal tests are crucial to detect genetic diseases during pregnancy (1). It provides genetic information to detect chromosomal anomalies found in the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy and enables the patients to decide on termination or birth of the fetus with the anomaly (2). There are indirect (non-invasive) methods including first trimester screening test (nuchal translucency (NT), free beta-hCG, PAPP-A), second trimester screening test (triple and quadruple screening tests) and fetal DNA determination on maternal circulation which form non-invasive techniques to determine the risk of genetic anomalies (3)(4)(5).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%