The really sad thing about that is that the testing is not 100% accurate. (I would oppose it anyway. My daughter said she did not want the testing, because she would have the baby regardless. Her doctor said it just helped them be prepared.) 3 of my grandchildren tested as Downs - none are. They are even in the top 10% of their classes.
“3 of my grandchildren tested as Downs - none are. They are even in the top 10% of their classes.”
Wow - that is really scary. (Not the top 10% part!!)
One of the talking heads was saying how Gov. Palin had all of the standard tests done including the Down’s test. The doctor said they would run more tests to help confirm it, but she said something to the effect that “Why bother? We’re still going to have our baby.” Although I can perhaps see folks wanting to know in order to prepare themselves mentally - although any baby is sure to bring about unexpected challenges.
That’s what scares me as well about all these “tests”. I had a friend who was pro-life throughout growing up, and into adulthood. When she was pregnant with her first child I guess they had a test come back saying it had some sort of birth defect - not sure which, it was either Down’s Syndrome of Spina Bifida. She then proceeded to have an abortion - and INDUCED LABOR ABORTION, no less... I tried to counsel her to at least hold her child, to honor it in some way — she would have no part of it as the doctors told her “you will NOT want to see it (it’ll be disgustingly deformed...)”. I often wonder to this day what her baby really looked like. I also wonder if sometimes they prevent parents from seeing these babies to prevent the possibility of parents discovering that the diagnosis was wrong when it’s too late... My friend tried to justify things to me with “You don’t know what it would be like to have a handicapped child” and “Your children were all born healthy” etc... etc... as if that somehow justified her decision. I just viewed it as being selfish, honestly. We haven’t spoken in a very long time although I still pray for her everyday...