The Regulation of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) in France: Continuity and Changes in the Development of Prenatal Testing

This article examines the regulation of screening fetal abnormalities in France before and after implementation new technique non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) 2013. In addition, this evaluates effectiveness regulatory framework addressing ethical social issues raised by from a legal sociological perspective. The analysis reveals that regulations, consistent with applied to other techniques, fail take proper account following problems posed NIPT: continuing increase number detected fetuses, context mounting pressure manufacturers, challenges involved providing pregnant women quality information preserves their reproductive autonomy.