My son was still a baby when the news broke that prenatal blood tests to detect Down syndrome were hitting the market (and yes, I do mean “the market” because these tests are big moneymakers for the companies who produce them). At the time, I expressed concern that the tests would lead to the abortion of even more babies with Down syndrome – the statistics were already scandalously high.
A decade on, not only was I proven right, but the New York Times recently reported that many people have chosen to abort their babies based on these blood tests (which are only supposed to be used for screening, not a diagnosis). Even more scandalous is the fact that these blood tests are more often than not wrong. In God’s eyes, though, it doesn’t matter if these babies were typical or not, because they all were created by Him – and destroyed because people were afraid of a different, and possibly difficult, life for their child and themselves.
