15 Jul Why More Parents Are Considering Prenatal Paternity Testing Before Birth
Waiting until a baby is born to establish paternity has long been the default approach. But for growing numbers of parents across the United States, that wait is no longer necessary or desirable.
Advances in DNA technology now make it possible to determine biological paternity safely during pregnancy through non-invasive prenatal testing. Instead of waiting until after birth, many expectant parents choose to get answers earlier, allowing them to make informed personal, legal, or medical decisions with greater confidence. The same cell-free fetal DNA technology that enables prenatal paternity testing has also demonstrated the ability to detect other clinically significant findings during pregnancy — as explored in this research overview of how prenatal cell-free DNA can detect occult maternal cancer.
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