New Test For Down Syndrome

[From article]
"Dr. Palomaki’s assurance that “nearly all women with a normal pregnancy could avoid an invasive diagnostic procedure” also deserves consideration. Most parents of children with Down syndrome would object to the crass labeling of their sons and daughters as abnormal. Putting that aside, Down syndrome is but a small fraction of the baseline risk every pregnancy has for what is commonly considered a birth defect. Further, Down syndrome represents only about half of chromosomal conditions identified through invasive testing. This means that for each woman who opts for invasive testing following a positive MaterniT21 result, there could be another woman falsely reassured by a negative result that her child will not have a chromosomal condition."

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/11/4240

The Reckless, Profitable Elimination of Down Syndrome
by Mark W. Leach
November 10, 2011
Public Discourse
A new Down syndrome test raises important questions.