罗宾·皮鲁奇医生警告称，产前筛查可能会让父母在未获得确诊依据的情况下做出不可逆转的决定
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医生就马萨诸塞州将堕胎权限扩大至分娩前的误导性产前筛查发出警告
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，美国儿科学会反堕胎委员会联合主席、新生儿科医生罗宾·皮鲁奇警告称，根据一项新的州法律，有限的产前筛查结果可能引发严重的伦理担忧。
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马萨诸塞州将堕胎权扩大至分娩前的全面举措在全国引发激烈批评，一名新生儿科医生表示，基于有限的产前信息做出生死抉择“非常令人不安”。
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，美国儿科学会反堕胎委员会联合主席罗宾·皮鲁奇医生表示，她无法“调和”这项新签署的法案——她调侃道，该法案的命名颇具讽刺意味，叫做《优先保障患者就医机会法案》。
该法案已于上周由州长莫拉·希利签署，废除了该州此前24周的妊娠堕胎限制，使这个深蓝州成为第10个允许堕胎至分娩前的州。该法案将于90天内生效，允许医生根据自身专业判断实施终止妊娠手术。
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罗宾·皮鲁奇医生认为，即使婴儿的病情无法治愈，医生仍有“照顾的义务”。（福克斯新闻数字频道）
作为一名照顾患有严重健康并发症新生儿的医生，皮鲁奇表示，即使婴儿的病情无法治愈，医生仍负有绝对的“照顾义务”，不应直接选择终止妊娠。
“如果这真的关乎医疗保健，那么它应该同时保护母亲和婴儿。如果我们真的重视医疗保健，那么当发现问题时，就应该为帮助婴儿健康存活扫清障碍，”她说。
“仅仅因为疑似诊断就‘判死刑’，这违背了不伤害患者的原则。”
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皮鲁奇列举了取消妊娠期限限制的诸多担忧，包括可能不准确的产前筛查结果可能误导父母考虑堕胎、早在22周出生的婴儿就能获得医疗技术支持，以及该法律可能给医疗专业人员带来的伦理困境。
皮鲁奇说，越来越多的父母会根据产前筛查测试的结果被建议终止妊娠，但这些测试可能产生误导性或不准确的结果。
“存在所谓的疾病谱，这意味着我通常无法仅凭一张影像就判断患者会受到多大程度的影响，”她说。“这种情况经常发生。我们仅凭如此有限的信息就做出生死抉择，这非常令人不安。”
代孕母亲在德克萨斯州产下患有心脏缺陷的婴儿，此前父母曾要求堕胎
当马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利签署允许堕胎至分娩前的法案时，女性们微笑鼓掌。（@MassGovernor/X）
皮鲁奇警告称，筛查测试已成为常规项目，但通常仅提供基于百分比的概率，而非完全的确诊依据。因此，父母可能在未完全理解测试实际结果或孩子可能受到的严重程度的情况下，做出不可逆转的决定。
作为一名常规护理处于存活边缘的极早产儿（通常在22至24周之间）的新生儿科医生，皮鲁奇警告称，该法案对于那些努力挽救该时间段出生早产儿的医生来说，造成了伦理矛盾。
妊娠24周的胎儿刚过足月妊娠的一半多一点。大小大致相当于一只手，胎儿已经长出指甲、睫毛，大脑活动迅速发展，这是胎儿存活能力的重要里程碑。
对于被诊断出患有致命或严重疾病的婴儿，皮鲁奇倡导围产期姑息治疗，这种治疗会为家庭提供医疗和情感支持，同时专注于让婴儿在剩余的时间里保持舒适。
她将围产期姑息治疗描述为一种富有同情心且积极主动的临床护理形式，驳斥了“只有能完全治愈才算有医疗价值”的观点。
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“即使我们没有能力完全治愈某种疾病……我始终有照顾的义务，”她说。
皮鲁奇表示，由于该法案未考虑其他替代方案，出于良心反对堕胎的从业者可能会面临伦理冲突。
“当我们制定的法律不符合伦理标准时，我们就有可能让那些出于良心反对堕胎的人遭受道德创伤。这与他们的价值观体系不符。”
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归根结底，皮鲁奇表示她无论妊娠时长如何都反对堕胎，认为婴儿生命的价值不会随妊娠进展程度而改变。
“我不会根据妊娠的不同阶段赋予生命不同的价值，”她说。
她表示，早期堕胎并不会让母亲少受痛苦，“这只是意味着她的宝宝更早地离开了人世，这听起来令人心碎。”
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Neonatologist sounds alarm over Massachusetts abortion law allowing procedures up to birth: ‘Very disturbing’
Dr Robin Pierucci warns prenatal screenings can leave parents making irreversible decisions without diagnostic certainty
August 18, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Doctor sounds alarm over misleading prenatal screenings as Massachusetts expands abortion access up to birth
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Robin Pierucci, a neonatologist and co-chair of ACPeds Pro-Life Council, warns that limited prenatal screening results could raise serious ethical concerns under a new state law.
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Massachusetts’ sweeping move to expand abortion rights up to birth is facing fierce criticism nationwide, with one neonatologist calling it “very disturbing” that life-and-death decisions are being made based on limited prenatal information.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Robin Pierucci, a co-chair of the American College of Pediatricians’ Pro-Life Council, said she could not “reconcile” the newly signed law, which she said is ironically named the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act.
The bill, signed by Gov. Maura Healey last week, eliminates the state’s previous 24-week gestational limit on abortion, making the deep-blue state the 10th to permit the procedure up to birth. Scheduled to take effect in less than 90 days, the law will allow terminations to be performed based on a physician’s professional judgment.
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As a doctor who cares for newborns facing serious health complications, Pierucci said that even when a baby’s condition cannot be cured, doctors still have an absolute “obligation to care” and should not simply turn to pregnancy termination.
“If it was really about healthcare, then it would be about protecting both the mom and the baby. And if we’re really about healthcare, it would also be about if there’s a problem that was identified — it will be about removing barriers for helping this baby live well,” she said.
“Voting one off the island because there was a suspected diagnosis is just inconsistent to do no harm.”
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Pierucci cited several concerns with eliminating gestational limits, including potentially inaccurate prenatal screening results that can mislead parents into considering abortion, advances in medical technology that can help babies born as early as 22 weeks and the ethical dilemmas the law could create for medical professionals.
Parents are increasingly offered pregnancy termination based on prenatal screening tests that can produce misleading or inaccurate results, Pierucci said.
“There’s something called the spectrum of disease, meaning I can’t tell usually from just a picture how much or how little the patient’s going to be affected,” she said. “This thing is going on frequently. It’s very disturbing that we’re making life and death decisions with so little information.”
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Pierucci warned that screening tests have become routine, but typically provide percentage-based probabilities rather than complete diagnostic certainty. As a result, parents may make irreversible decisions without fully understanding what the test actually indicates or how severely their child could be affected.
As a neonatologist who routinely cares for extremely premature babies born at the edge of viability, typically between 22 and 24 weeks, Pierucci warned that the measure creates an ethical contradiction for doctors who work to save premature babies born within that window.
A baby at 24 weeks’ gestation is just over halfway through a full-term pregnancy. Roughly the size of a hand, the baby would have fingernails, eyelashes and rapidly developing brain activity, marking a significant milestone in fetal viability.
For babies diagnosed with fatal or severe conditions, Pierucci advocates for perinatal palliative care, which surrounds families with medical and emotional support while focusing on helping the infant remain comfortable for whatever time they have.
She described perinatal palliative care as a compassionate and active form of clinical care, rejecting the idea that medical care is only useful if it can result in a complete cure.
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“Even if we don’t have the ability to fully heal something… I always have an obligation to care,” she said.
Because the law does not account for alternative approaches, practitioners with conscientious objections to abortion can face ethical conflicts, Pierucci said.
“When we have laws that fail to meet an ethical standard, we risk moral trauma to those who have a conscientious objection to this. This is not consistent with their value system.”
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Ultimately, Pierucci said she opposes abortion regardless of gestational age, arguing that the value of a baby’s life does not change based on how far along a pregnancy has progressed.
“I don’t give it different value at different points in gestation,” she said.
An early abortion does not make a mother hurt any less, she said, “It just meant her baby was dead sooner, which is heartbreaking to hear.”
Healey’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Bonny Chu is a Breaking and Trending News Writer for Fox News Digital
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