Babies With Down Syndrome Can be Detected, Aborted Earlier



Philadelphia, PA — Together, a new combination of blood tests and ultrasounds can detect down syndrome in unborn babies earlier than before. That's good news for babies born to parents who are ready to accept the difficult, yet rewarding challenges of a child with disabilities. It's bad news for babies whose parents decide to have an abortion, as pro-life groups fear will happen more frequently as a result. Dr. Ronald Wapner, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, said that one advantage of the earlier test was that it would allow prospective parents more time to make an abortion decision before the mother is “visibly pregnant.” The new combination — two blood tests, ultrasound and the mother's age — correctly identified 85 percent of unborn children with Down syndrome and yielded results at about 12 weeks.

(This article courtesy of Steven Ertelt and LifeNews.com. For more information or to subscribe go to LifeNews.com or email news@LifeNews.com.)

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