An Accessibility Constraint on Parental Refusal of Critical Newborn Screening.

The article presents insights on a paper on religious exemptions from newborn critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening. Topics covered include the call for health care professionals to initiate conversation with parents who seek exemption from CCHD screening, the harms that might result from parental refusals of CCHD screening and the justification required for decisions to refuse critical newborn screening.