Course Module
Prenatal Genetic Screening -Google Doc
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Practice Guidelines Guidance
Additional Resources
Introduction Slides
Informed Choice: Concept and Practice, an Intro talk for Hive, by Molly Dutton-Kenny, January 9, 2022
Prenatal Genetic Screening HIVE Session, Molly Dutton-Kenny, February 4, 2024
Online Resources
Websites
California Prenatal Screening Program - Information for Prenatal Care Providers
Integrated Genetics - List of possible tests from Labcorp: comprehensive
DNA Blood Test Gives Women A New Option For Prenatal Screening - Story of a woman using the new “Harmony” test: maternal blood draw for genetic screeningDisability Justice in Birth and Parenting with Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu, Evidence Based Birth by Rebecca Dekker, Mar 23, 2022, EBB Podcast 217
This Is Disability Justice - The Body is not an Apology
Ending a Wanted Pregnancy - Site for Stories, Resources and Support for Abortion after fetal diagnoses
Later Abortion Initiative - Site with more information on 2nd and 3rd Trimester Abortion
Later abortion services - information on referrals for services for women and clinicians
Perinatal Hospice & Palliative Care - For carrying pregnancies with lethal anomalies
Parenting Special Needs Magazine - Community Resources
Bloom - Resources and Media, Canadian Hospital
20 Things Every Parent of Kids with Special Needs Should Hear - Dr. Darla Clayton, PsyD
Genetics in Medicine - Fascinating. A short podcast about the possibility of extensive maternal findings during a cfDNA test for the fetus, including auto-immune disorders and malignancies
With Advances In Prenatal Testing, Difficult Choices Arise - Personal accounts of two women – both had amniocentesis, one chose to keep the baby, one chose to terminate. Other callers with various prenatal screens and tests and conditions. Great window into the complexity of this process and how it played out for several families
Blood Test Provides More Accurate Prenatal Testing For Down Syndrome - NPR
Care of the Infant and Child with Trisomy 18 or 13 - Readable pdf
