Analysis on Policy and Ethics of Non-Invasive Prenatal Test / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

This paper comprehensively reviewed the practice and meanings of non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) in China and discussed the ethical issues.NIPT,as a step of prenatal diagnosis,brought conflicting values and moral economic influences.Its widely application also imposes higher requirements on policy regulation and lead to some ethical issues,including whether the client really informed consent.Genetic counselling is also crucial before and after the test.However,the subjects,doctors and medical staff have not yet fully prepared.Furthermore,this technique is relatively simple and cheap,and its application relates to many aspects.It is necessary to discuss the influence at the early stage and put forward the ethical issues that need to be paid attention to.Therefore,life ethics expert participation is extremely important,and to some extent will leadfetal and maternal supervision,management and supervision to a new level,especially with the development of NIPT and the application of whole genome sequencing (WGS).