Controversial Down Syndrome Test Introduced in Wales

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(The Christian Institute) Wales has become the first part of the U.K. to introduce a new technique for screening unborn babies for Down syndrome on the NHS.

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT), a type of blood test, is claimed to be 99 percent accurate in diagnosing the condition.

Critics have repeatedly argued that it is likely to lead to more abortions, and even to Down’s children being eradicated altogether.

Campaign group Don’t Screen Us Out warned that this move “will have a profoundly negative impact on the community of people with Down syndrome” in Wales.

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