An article in The Telegraph said the following:
“Two healthy babies are miscarried for every three Down’s Syndrome babies that are detected and prevented from being born, research has suggested.
The losses are down to the invasive methods used to test for the condition…
The NHS [National Health Service] cites a miscarriage rate of between one and two per cent following the tests, but the researchers, from the charity Down’s Syndrome Education International, point out that only the number of Down’s babies terminated, miscarried or born are recorded, not the number of healthy babies lost….
Although they admit that their ratio is only an estimate, they are backed by a number of independent experts who fear inexperienced practitioners may also be to blame.”
The article also said:
“Professor Kypros Nicolaides, head of the Harris Birthright Centre at King’s College Hospital in south London, said the loss of healthy babies was “completely unacceptable.”
The deaths of babies with Down syndrome through abortion, however, are perfectly acceptable to this doctor.
Aislinn Simpson “Two healthy babies miscarried for every three Down’s Sydrome babies detected” The Telegraph 16 September 2008
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