Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening. Summary and recommendations

This paper contains a summary and the recommendations of a joint European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)/American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) position statement on responsible innovation in prenatal screening with non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This statement was drafted by the Public and Professional Policy Committee of the ESHG and the Social Issues Committee of the ASHG, and endorsed by the boards of both societies in December 2014. The statement is also endorsed by the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, the Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists, the British Society for Genetic Medicine, the Czech Medical Genetics Society, and the PHG Foundation (Cambridge, UK). The full document with extensive references is published separatel