But that’s not its primary purpose.
I was offered it once with my first pregnancy.
I asked the NP if that was the test to check for Down’s Syndrome, and she said yes. I told her that no, I would not be taking it because abortion was NOT an option.
She looked me in the eye and said *I wish more people felt like you*. and that was the end of it. She must have marked by chart somehow because with my subsequent pregnancies, they never asked again.
That practice refused to do abortions and the hospital where I had the babies didn’t do them and they had an astoundingly low infant mortality rate.
IMO, God blessed them for that.
Some good people want to know, to prepare ahead for a downs child. Most like us leave it in God’s hands and will deal with whatever He permits when the baby is born.
But sure, 90% of people will freak and kill the child so they wont have to feel sorry for themselves and struggle more, not trusting in God.
I also turned down amniocentesis because abortion was not an option for me.