I once asked a doctor about the amnio test and that it sounded to me like “search and destroy” and he said “No, it is search and prepare.” And I said “Prepare to destroy?” He didn’t like that response.
“search and destroy” is exactly right. The little Kaiser nurse that was offering the amnio test to me later told me a sad story. She said she too was pregnant a while back, had an amnio, and was told there was something wrong with her baby. At six months, she worried so much about the baby, she had a miscarriage. The baby was perfectly fine afterall. She quietly said to me, I’m glad you refused the test. The test destroyed her perfectly healthy pregnancy, and any joy in anticipating the arrival of her baby.