[Trisomy 21, the ethics between the right to life and a possible termination of pregnancy for medical reasons]

Marie-José Riss-Minervini

doi:10.1016/j.spp.2018.03.004

[Trisomy 21, the ethics between the right to life and a possible termination of pregnancy for medical reasons]

Soins Pediatr Pueric. 2018 May-Jun;39(302):19-22. doi: 10.1016/j.spp.2018.03.004.

[Article in French]

Author

Marie-José Riss-Minervini¹

Affiliation

¹ Pôle mère-femme, Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Besançon, 3 boulevard Alexandre Flemming, 25030 Besançon, France. Electronic address: mjrissminervini@chu-besancon.fr.

PMID: 29747766
DOI: 10.1016/j.spp.2018.03.004

Abstract

The antenatal diagnosis tools now available feed the fantasy of the 'perfect baby'. In this context and in parallel to a whole range of other foetal pathologies, trisomy 21 represents an emblematic situation which acts as a reminder that it is ethically essential to keep open the question of terminating or continuing with a pregnancy. Multidisciplinary team work remains the best safeguard against possible abuses.

Keywords: centre pluridisciplinaire de diagnostic prénatal; droit à la vie; ethics; interruption médicale de grossesse; multidisciplinary centre for prenatal diagnosis; right to life; termination of pregnancy for medical reasons; trisomie 21; trisomy 21; éthique.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced / ethics*
Down Syndrome / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis*
Value of Life*