NIPT should be an offer to all pregnant women. The progress party sees no reason to stand firm on an age limit of 38 years, but believes that all women with a medical reason should obtain it covered the expenditure of the public.
Women who can not justify the test based on a medical need or indications, should be allowed to take the test – but pay for it yourself.
NIPT is a blood test , which makes it possible for pregnant women to detect serious birth defects and utviklingsavvik in the fetus its already in week 9. It is wonderful with NIPT is that it is completely risk-free for both the fetus and the mother!
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Other fosterdiagnostikker is far more risky. Amniocentesis, for example, is a so-called invasive test, where the sample is taken from the inside of the body. Such samples are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.
When we have the available technology that removes the risk for the mother and fetus – then we shall take it into use! NIPT-test has properly enough been recently legal in Norway, but only for women over 38 years with risikosvangerskap. The progress party believes NIPT test must be available for all.
NIPT test can, among other things determine whether the fetus has Pataus syndrome or Edward syndrome. These syndromene can result in serious malformations in different organ systems, that around half of the embryo dies during the pregnancy, and very few survive their first year.
It has no purpose to let the women go several weeks with painful concerns, when in fact, there are available methods that can give the answer early in the pregnancy.
So the scheme is today, Norwegian women travel to foreign countries and pay 5-10.000 to take the NIPT test. That in itself creates a sorteringssamfunn, where only women with good financial condition, access to knowledge about their own pregnancies.
Progress will be that the public svangerskapstilbudet to be expanded with an early ultrasound to all pregnant women and NIPT-test for all pregnant women who have medical reason to be concerned about serious birth defects and utviklingsavvik in the fetus.
Opponents of NIPT , argues often that it creates a sorteringssamfunn. But it is not immoral to want a healthy child. The decision to complete or abort a pregnancy where the fetus has been proven serious disease, should be up to the mother.
Therefore, it is thoughtful to let the women get relevant information about their pregnancy as early as possible. It must be allowed to not want to carry forward seriously ill children.
38-year fosterdiagnostikk was introduced in Norway in the early 1980s. At the time, was the living that lay behind the choice of the age, although the white paper showed that the rating should have been 35år. There have been no changes in this rating, in retrospect, even though the capacity has increased.
the Knowledge of their own pregnancy should not be determined based on a number. There should be medical reasons to determine this, not ratings, and rigid formulations. Are you inherited with the genes that can cause serious illnesses in your child, you should be allowed to find out of it early in the pregnancy.
Women have the right to knowledge of their own pregnancies.
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