160 Healthy Babies Lost for Every 50 Down’s Cases Detected with Amniocentesis:
The risks of amniocentesis to the unborn child have long been known but now a new analysis by a British doctor has shown that using the tests in seek-and-destroy missions for Down’s syndrome and other genetic abnormalities results in the deaths of hundreds of healthy babies every year in Britain.
…With about one in every 1000 children conceived having Down’s syndrome, and with amniocentesis carrying a one in 200 risk of miscarriage, Dr. Meire, wrote in the Journal Ultrasound that if all pregnant women took the amniocentesis test as many as 3,200 healthy babies could die by miscarriage every year.
…In North America, earlier this year, both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) has recommended that all pregnant women, not just those over 35, should be screened, including with amniocentesis. (Emphasis added)
Do you think they set out to ask how many babies they can prevent being born? Kind of reminds me of the Police song “Murder by numbers, one two three….”
