{"id":986,"date":"2020-04-22T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T06:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/?p=986"},"modified":"2020-05-31T20:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T10:17:51","slug":"more-thought-needed-on-prenatal-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2020\/04\/22\/more-thought-needed-on-prenatal-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"More thought needed on prenatal screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Callinan <\/strong>is a member of the Voice editorial committee and has a keen interest in the ethics of prenatal screening for chromosomal conditions such as Down syndrome. As the Medical Services Advisory Committee debates whether to add Non Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) to the Medical Benefits Scheme, Elizabeth argues that more thought is needed on all sides beforehand. This technology has the potential to become routine prenatal care, yet the ethical implications of its widespread use need much more consideration \u2013 argues Elizabeth in this nuanced article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Read and sign the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/down-syndrome-australia-pre-natal-screening-we-deserve-the-full-story?fbclid=IwAR0sR2rsgYsFA7t3fMNi7Tdeh54S5dRKgL_He_CeyufzA1mHpWVZITVjagg&amp;mc_cid=be42558566&amp;mc_eid=df4d1a393e\">DSA petition<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling for more information to be available to parents and better guidelines for physicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/ScreenShot2020-04-01at11.43.52am.jpg\" alt=\"A guide for expectant parents\" class=\"wp-image-988\" width=\"156\" height=\"221\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Read DSA\u2019s position statement on non-invasive prenatal testing as it applies to Down syndrome pregnancies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Position_Statement_on_Prenatal_Screening_PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prenatal Position statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A guide for GPs on how to talk to patients about prenatal screening is available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSA_TipsForGPs_Prenatal_Screening_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tips for GPs on prenatal screening<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free guide for expectant parents can be downloaded here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/documents\/resources\/prenatal\/DSA_AGuideForExpectantParents_Resource.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Guide for Expectant Parents<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Medical Services Advisory Committee debates whether to add Non Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) to the Medical Benefits Scheme, Elizabeth argues that more thought is needed on all sides beforehand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}