I work in a children’s hospital. When I started there 11 years ago, Downs patients were common. Now they’re a rarity and we all know why.
I also suspect this woman is a liar. Most prenatal care includes screening for Downs these days so it’s odd that someone had a Downs kid without knowing ahead of time.
“I also suspect this woman is a liar. Most prenatal care includes screening for Downs these days so it’s odd that someone had a Downs kid without knowing ahead of time.”
It’s very possible. There have been a few lawsuits where couples were tested but the results came back wrong and the baby really had Downs. The couples sued saying “we would have aborted if we knew the child had downs”.
On the flip side of that some babies are tested and come back positive for downs and the parents abort only to find out later the test was wrong when the aborted baby was studied in pathology.
http://liveactionnews.org/update-couple-wins-down-syndrome-wrongful-birth-suit/