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Not all sunshine & roses. Here's a dark factoid for you- my memory is a bit fuzzy on when you chose mother's blood vs amniotic fluid sample for the test, but at
by st26 8y ago
Not all sunshine & roses. Here's a dark factoid for you- my memory is a bit fuzzy on when you chose mother's blood vs amniotic fluid sample for the test, but at the time I learned about all this, the odds of taking the amniotic fluid sample causing spontaneous abortion, were higher than the odds of the fetus having the more common trisomy conditions. For any particular fetus, the test was more risky than the disease.
- quotemstr 8y agoIt doesn't follow that the test is useless: you're still minimizing the number of people with genetic abnormalities, even if you're causing some spontaneous abortions along the way.
- st26 8y agoYes, I don't claim the test is useless. But it was an unexpected moral quandary, as my spouse and I are not strict believers in either pro-choice or pro-life.
- adrianN 8y agoThat depends on how you weigh a spontaneous abortion against having a child that will never be independent.
- m_mueller 8y agoThe test I’m referring to only uses blood from the mother, thus it should be risk free.