Horrifying: Flawed Pre-Natal Tests Led to Abortions

Terrible.

Medical science and diagnostics have advanced significantly over the last few years, but they aren’t perfect. Unfortunately, some doctors and patients are making life-and-death decisions based on claims of accuracy that don’t match up to performance, especially when it comes to pre-natal testing for birth defects. Genetic tests that should be preliminary have been used to make final decisions, resulting in unnecessary abortions, the Boston Globe reported this weekend:

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