Screening for syndrome puts healthy foetuses in danger of being miscarried, new research showsRisks in screening unborn babies for Down's syndrome are far higher than previously claimed, new research will say this week. For every three unborn Down's syndrome babies prevented from being born, two healthy babies will be miscarried because of the methods used to detect the condition.
The research claims that, in detecting and preventing the birth of 660 Down's babies, 400 healthy foetuses are lost.
Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/sep/14/children.mentalhealth
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I've seen plenty of research conclude otherwise, too.
I'd like to point out that screening for DS is done by early ultrasound and blood tests on the mother. Neither is harmful to baby. If this screening gives an indication that the fetus might have a chromosomal abnormality, the parents are offered to have an amnio.
For research of some quality, I'd rather check the medical journals on the subject, than someone else's referral to research.
For the record, I am the mother of an 8 year old girl born with DS. I didn't know prenatally of her diagnosis, and if I did, that wouldn't have changed a thing. I love her regardless and maybe even more because of her DS; it gives her the ability to love the world even more.
I think it's a shame, too, that so many of these kids are aborted, and I'd like that to change. However, I don't believe in scaring people from screening to achieve this. I believe reassurance is the way to go - show the world that kids with DS are KIDS. First and foremost. And when they grow up, they are adults. Just like you and me. Loved by their families and fully capable of living a good life!
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