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Originally Posted by lurkette
I do think it's unethical to require the test because amniocentesis is not without risk, and the mother should have the option to decline. If it was just a simple saliva test or something, I wouldn't think it was unethical to require it at all.
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There is a new Downs test which is non-invasive and its suppose to be very accurate. I'm assuming this was the test they were doing, and being it was required by their health care system it was more to test the validity of the test itself for their own records.