Why wasn't a 92% death rate enough?

Better science doesn't always mean a better life (Nov 2005). At least not a Down Syndrome baby. A faster, more accurate test for Down Syndrome.

Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (Nov. 10, 2005 issue), the study is known as the FASTER trial (First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk). It was funded by a $13 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development – one of the largest ever grants for an obstetrical study.

But even in 1998 the termination rate following a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome was 92 per cent Research here.Think of it. $13 million of our tax money so parents and doctors can know even earlier. Does an earlier abortion cause less guilt? Less grief as the years go by?