Recent updates to the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for physicians have sparked controversy over how to approach prenatal diagnoses of genetic abnormalities, particularly trisomy 13 and 18. Experts argue that families should be given informed consent about the potential for life and offered life-saving interventions, rather than being steered towards comfort care and palliative care. [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mary Szoch Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council to discuss a new report that explored perinatal hospice as an alternative for babies with a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting medical condition [... more]