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Down Syndrome Groups Anxious About Increased Prenatal Testing

The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Advocacy groups complain that many doctors are ill-prepared to offer a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis — an assertion backed up by a 2005 Harvard student's survey of parents of children with the disorder. Many of the parents reported that doctors failed to provide up-to-date information and referrals to support groups. Underlying much of the concern is the high termination rates among parents who do learn the fetus they are carrying has Down syndrome. Although there are no national statistics, termination rates of such fetuses have ranged from 59 percent in a California study to 92 percent in an English study. Full story...

Posted by Editor at January 30, 2008 06:49 AM