Prenatal diagnosis especially noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has changed the experience
of pregnancy prenatal care and responsibilities in Israel and Germany in different ways. These
differences reflect the countries' historical legacies medico-legal policies normative and
cultural identities. Building on this observation the contributors of this book present
conversations between leading scholars from Israel and Germany based on an empirical bioethical
perspective analyses about the reshaping of 'life' by biomedicine and philosophical
reflections on socio-cultural claims and epistemic horizons of responsibilities. Practices and
discussions of reproductive medicine transform the concepts of responsibility and
irresponsibility.
