Sleepwalking into infertility: the need for a public health approach toward advanced maternal age

ME Lemoine, V Ravitsky - The American journal of bioethics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In Western countries today, a growing number of women delay motherhood until their late 30s
and even 40s, as they invest time in pursuing education and career goals before starting a …

[HTML][HTML] The value of non-invasive prenatal testing: preferences of Canadian pregnant women, their partners, and health professionals regarding NIPT use and access

…, C Dupras, J Le Clerc-Blain, ME Lemoine… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Canadian policies regarding the implementation and public coverage of non-invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) are heterogeneous and shifting, with NIPT being publicly …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian pregnant women's preferences regarding NIPT for Down syndrome: the information they want, how they want to get it, and with whom they want to …

AM Laberge, S Birko, MÈ Lemoine… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study sought to assess Canadian pregnant women's and their partners’
preferences for information about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Methods Pregnant women …

Governing the futures of non-invasive prenatal testing: An exploration of social acceptability using the Delphi method

…, S Birko, AO Affdal, H Haidar, ME Lemoine… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers numerous benefits
to pregnant women and their families. It also raises ethical, legal and social concerns …

Toward a public health approach to infertility: The ethical dimensions of infertility prevention

ME Lemoine, V Ravitsky - Public Health Ethics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
While many experts and organizations have recognized infertility as a public health issue,
most governments have not yet adopted a public health approach to infertility. This article …

Noninvasive prenatal testing: views of canadian pregnant women and their partners regarding pressure and societal concerns

…, H Haidar, AO Affdal, MÈ Lemoine… - AJOB Empirical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides important benefits yet raises
ethical concerns. We surveyed Canadian pregnant women and their partners to explore their …

[HTML][HTML] Moving towards routine non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): challenges related to women's autonomy

S Birko, ME Lemoine, MT Nguyen, V Ravitsky - OBM Genetics, 2018 - lidsen.com
Women’s reproductive autonomy, and its translation into informed free choice regarding
prenatal screening, is a dominant concept in the bioethical discourse concerning prenatal …

Information needs of people seeking fertility services in Canada: a mixed methods analysis

ME Lemoine, SBL O'Connell, PH Grunberg… - Health Psychology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Infertility is a challenging experience associated with high levels of psychological
distress. Many people seeking fertility services use the internet to obtain information about …

Harvey and Gurvir's Law: Ontario Bill for Quality Prenatal Information about Down Syndrome: Terminology, Feasibility, and Ethical Issues

ME Lemoine, AM Laberge, MF Malo… - Journal of Law …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Marie-Eve Lemoine,1 Anne-Marie Laberge,1 Marie-Françoise Malo,1 Stéphanie Cloutier,1
Marie-Christine Roy,1 Stanislav Birko,1 Andréa Daigle,1 and Vardit Ravitsky1 … Marie-Eve …

Benefits, challenges and ethical principles associated with implementing noninvasive prenatal testing: a Delphi study

…, S Birko, A Affdal, H Haidar, ME Lemoine… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Noninvasive prenatal testing is a recent technology that provides some genetic
information about the fetus through the analysis of cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal …