[Non-invasive Genetic Prenatal Testing - A Serious Challenge for Society as a Whole]. / Nicht-invasive genetische Pränataldiagnostik - eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung.

ABSTRACT

Non-invasive genetic prenatal tests nowadays allow a highly reliable identification of pregnancies with foetal aneuploidies. Due to the general availability of these tests for all pregnant women, non-invasive genetic prenatal testing raises many ethical questions whieh can only be answered by a debate focused on society as a whole.