Daily Mail: Down’s blood test approved despite doctors’ backlash: Campaigners fear it could lead to more terminations

Oct 31, 2016 | Media

Ministers have now given the go-ahead for a new Down’s syndrome test
They claim it will help women ‘make informed’ decisions about pregnancy
But campaigners fear the new test could lead to more terminations

Ministers have given the go-ahead for a new Down’s syndrome test despite ethical concerns from almost 300 medics.

The Government said yesterday that the non-invasive test is safer than those currently available and will help women ‘make informed choices about their pregnancies’.

But campaigners fear it could lead to more terminations – causing a generation with Down’s syndrome to be ‘wiped out’.

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