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Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) routines can be ethically sound if they support free and informed decision-making. Examining NIPT routines in Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands reveals variations in practice and public attitudes.

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  • Bioethics
  • Organizational sociology

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  • Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has advanced prenatal diagnosis, leading to 'routinization'.
  • Routinization in prenatal diagnosis raises ethical concerns regarding informed choice and potential eugenic outcomes.
  • Ethical scrutiny requires understanding routines within the broader context of reproductive genetics and social practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss an ethics of routines in prenatal diagnostics, informed by organizational sociology and psychology.
  • To challenge the view that routines are always blindly performed and incompatible with responsible decision-making.
  • To propose free and informed decision-making as a key criterion for evaluating testing routines.

Main Methods:

  • Defining routines as repetitive, interdependent organizational actions performed by multiple individuals.
  • Adopting a process approach to analyze routines, rather than viewing them as static or blindly followed.
  • Comparing NIPT routines and public attitudes across Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands.

Main Results:

  • Routines are not necessarily incompatible with responsible decision-making.
  • Free and informed decision-making can make prenatal testing routines ethically defensible and helpful.
  • Significant variations exist in NIPT routinization levels, scope, and public attitudes among the studied countries.

Conclusions:

  • An ethics of routines in prenatal diagnostics must distinguish between different levels and forms of routines.
  • Sound ethical evaluation criteria are needed for routinized prenatal testing.
  • Routinized prenatal testing, when supporting informed choice, can be ethically sound.