In the first post on the Informed Consent Process, I discussed the element of voluntariness. This week's post concerns the element of "understanding" and is prompted by the recent ACOG guidelines on NIPT and an article from this Spring that introduced the notion of "the gradual trap" in the context of prenatal testing. As a reminder, the new ACOG guidelines on NIPT recognize NIPT as a valid testing method for those women considered "high-risk." Many, if not most, of those women will meet that Continue Reading