Screening for carriers of cystic fibrosis

Only 89 women asked for their carrier status, and two were carriers. [...]238 carriers were identified, of whom only six were told of their status. Catch 22 seems to be that if there is an offer before pregnancy it may have to be proactive (possibly directive!) whilst offers during pregnancy mean that high risk situations are identified at a difficult time. [...]the situations in which there is a high uptake may not allow people to be fully informed or high risk couples to have the choice of all options.