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Netherlands to end 13-week pregnancy scan from 2028
The Netherlands will stop offering the 13-week pregnancy scan from 1 January 2028.
Health Minister Sophie Hermans told the Dutch parliament that the trial will not continue.
The scan was offered to pregnant women to look for serious abnormalities in the fetus.
The decision follows advice from the Health Council.
The announcement does not give further reasons for ending the trial.
From the start of 2028, pregnant women will no longer be able to use the scan.
The Netherlands will end the 13-week pregnancy scan from 1 January 2028.
Health Minister Sophie Hermans told the House of Representatives on Monday that the scan would no longer be available.
The scan was part of an experiment to detect serious abnormalities in a fetus.
The experiment will not be continued.
Hermans is following advice from the Health Council.
- Who
- Health Minister Sophie Hermans announced the decision.
- What
- The Netherlands will stop offering the 13-week pregnancy scan.
- When
- From 1 January 2028.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- The experiment to detect serious abnormalities in a fetus will not be continued.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hermans told the House of Representatives that the 13-week scan would no longer be available.
The scan will no longer be available.
- Scan
- 13-week pregnancy scan
- End date
- 1 January 2028
- Minister
- Sophie Hermans
- Purpose
- Detect serious abnormalities in a fetus
- Decision basis
- Health Council advice
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