Prenatal tests, depending on the test, have varying accuracy levels. Which is why it is important for women to know that they need a confirmatory test. Unfortunately these abortion restrictions do not allow time for good medical practice. This is a particular issue for those of us with family histories or who come from certain ethnicitie…
Prenatal tests, depending on the test, have varying accuracy levels. Which is why it is important for women to know that they need a confirmatory test. Unfortunately these abortion restrictions do not allow time for good medical practice. This is a particular issue for those of us with family histories or who come from certain ethnicities with higher rates of congenital diseases. Prenatal testing revealed that I was a carrier for a genetic mutation that I wouldn’t wish on any child.
Turns out I have one of those genetic diseases. It’s an uncommon neurologic disease. At age 57 it was finally diagnosed through genetic testing…but I had birthed three children long before.
I was given up at birth by a woman who had never seen a doctor during her pregnancy. She was unaware that she and my father carried the gene that produced the disability which eventually developed my disability. Fifty percent of my offspring are now carriers, and at least one has the disease.
Instead of eliminating prenatal testing, there should be far more of it.
Exactly, and that's what makes these laws so dangerous - we DO need pregnant people to have a good sense of the tests and prenatal counseling is a *real thing*. The smartest thing they do is take actual concerns and twist them to fit their ends
Prenatal tests, depending on the test, have varying accuracy levels. Which is why it is important for women to know that they need a confirmatory test. Unfortunately these abortion restrictions do not allow time for good medical practice. This is a particular issue for those of us with family histories or who come from certain ethnicities with higher rates of congenital diseases. Prenatal testing revealed that I was a carrier for a genetic mutation that I wouldn’t wish on any child.
Turns out I have one of those genetic diseases. It’s an uncommon neurologic disease. At age 57 it was finally diagnosed through genetic testing…but I had birthed three children long before.
I was given up at birth by a woman who had never seen a doctor during her pregnancy. She was unaware that she and my father carried the gene that produced the disability which eventually developed my disability. Fifty percent of my offspring are now carriers, and at least one has the disease.
Instead of eliminating prenatal testing, there should be far more of it.
Exactly, and that's what makes these laws so dangerous - we DO need pregnant people to have a good sense of the tests and prenatal counseling is a *real thing*. The smartest thing they do is take actual concerns and twist them to fit their ends