PRENATAL SCREENING

Iceland: nearly 100% of Down syndrome babies terminated

Michael Cook | 19 August 2017 | Comments

tags: down syndrome, iceland, prenatal screening

"Heavy-handed genetic counseling" to blame, says leading local geneticist

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Down Syndrome test may lead to a rise in termination

Xavier Symons | 12 August 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, down syndrome, prenatal screening

A safer and more accurate screening test for Down Syndrome is set to become available on the UK’s NHS.

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Prenatal genetic screening “may be inaccurate”

Jared Yee | 07 July 2012 | Comments

tags: genetic screening, genetic tests, prenatal screening, prenatal testing

New genetic tests to screen unborn babies will not be 100% accurate and might worry parents into believing their child will be born with a disability when they are actually healthy, warns IVF expert and gadfly Lord Robert Winston.

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Down syndrome screening is genocide, says New Zealand group

Michael Cook | 25 November 2010 | Comments

tags: Down syndrome, genocide, prenatal screening

Threat to sue the government