@article{article_1259402, title={Ethical Challenges of Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Cardiac Anomaly in a Developing Country in Sub-Saharan Africa}, journal={Türkiye Biyoetik Dergisi}, volume={8}, pages={44–48}, year={2021}, author={Adebayo, Bosede Ehelamioke and Akinmoladun, Janet Adetinuke}, keywords={Ethical Challenges, Prenatal Diagnosis, Fetal Cardiac Anomaly}, abstract={Congenital heart defects constitute one of the most common groups of congenital anomalies seen in live births, with an incidence of 3-10/1000 live births. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects has been made in the last three decades using fetal echocardiography. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies presents ethical challenges ranging from counselling the parents to managing their decisions based on the diagnosis. The physician is faced with ensuring the mother’s beneficence and autonomy and, in some circumstances, the fetus’s autonomy (when viewed as a patient)The detection of congenital anomalies in the fetus is supposed to be one significant benefit of anomaly scans. Others include early interventions by specifically selecting places of delivery with adequate preparedness, options of fetal intervention, psychological preparedness for the family, and the choice of termination after adequate counseling. Making a diagnosis of congenital anomalies is only as useful as the actions taken with the information obtained.}, number={1}, publisher={Türkiye Biyoetik Derneği}