Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is an emerging form of prenatal genetic testing that provides information about the genetic constitution of a foetus without the risk of pregnancy loss as a direct result of the test procedure. As with other prenatal tests, information from NIPT can help to make a decision about termination of pregnancy, plan contingencies for birth or prepare parents to raise a child with a genetic condition. NIPT can also be used by women and couples to test purely 'for information'. Here, no particular action is envisaged following the test; it is motivated entirely by an interest in the result. The fact that NIPT can be performed without posing a risk to the pregnancy could give rise to an increase in such requests. In this paper, we examine the ethical aspects of using NIPT 'purely for information', including the competing interests of the prospective parents and the future child, and the acceptability of testing for 'frivolous' reasons. Drawing on several clinical scenarios, we claim that arguments about testing children for genetic conditions are relevant to this debate. In addition, we raise ethical concerns over the potential for objectification of the child. We conclude that, in most cases, using NIPT to test for adult-onset conditions, carrier status or non-serious traits presenting in childhood would be unacceptable. artigo original, nao disponivel gratuitamente, em http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.12125/pdfpublicado no Bioetica e Fe Crista em 14/03/16 reacao do deputado em http://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2016-03-14/edicao-tendenciosa-diz-bolsonaro-sobre-documentario-de-ellen-page.htmlate a data desta postagem, nao havia manifestacao em sua pagina oficial http://www.bolsonaro.com.br Tamara Kayali Browne A new technique called non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been developed, which can detect a range of genetic and chromosomal diseases, as well as fetal sex earlier, more easily and more reliably. NIPT, therefore, potentially expands the market for sex determination and sex selective abortion. This paper argues that both practices should be prevented by not including fetal sex in prenatal test reports. This is because there is a discrepancy between what parents are concerned with (gender) and what the prenatal test can provide (sex). The paper first presents arguments, which indicate a difference between sex and gender before presenting parental motivations for sex selection and sex determination to show that parents are not concerned with their child's sex chromosomes, or even their genitalia, but the gender role that their child will espouse. That, however, is not something that a prenatal test can provide. We are thus left with a situation in which what parents are told, and what they think they are being told, are two different things. In other words, as the conflation of sex with gender is implicit in the disclosure of fetal sex, it may be more accurate to refer to it as misinformation. This misinformation promotes sexism via gender essentialism, which is neither in the interests of the future child nor society. Fonte: http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2016/02/04/medethics-2015-102989.fullpublicado no bioetica e Fe Crista em 09/03/16 Fraldinhas de boca...pronta entrega!!! Pintada pra gatinha Laura a pedido de seus avos corujas!!! Colorida adorei este acabamento multicor..... Um mimo... Com carinho encomenda da Tayana para o anjinho que vem chegando da sua amiga