Dawkins sparks outrage for saying Down Syndrome babies should be aborted

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This part was probably for Losty.

Then I apologise!

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And I've still seen no evidence presented that very many foetuses are diagnosed with Down's before 21 weeks?

http://www.babycenter.com.au/a1487/scree...n-syndrome

What screening tests are available?
There are many different screening tests available. There are ultrasound tests, blood tests and a combination of the two. Remember that these are screening tests. They can't tell you for certain that your baby has or has not got Down syndrome. They just tell you your risk factor.

A cut-off point of 1 in 300 in first trimester screening (and 1 in 250 for second semester screening) is usually used. If your risk is less than that, you will be described as 'screen negative' or 'low-risk', which means that you are unlikely to be carrying a baby with Down syndrome (but it's not impossible). The tests will detect many pregnancies affected by Down syndrome, but they will also identify some pregnancies as being at risk of Down syndrome when, in fact, they are not -- these are known as 'false-positives'.

(Emphasis added). As I said before, foetuses are diagnosed in the first and second trimesters (and probably the third as well). As I said before, it is not a 100% certain test. And as I also said before, you can still give birth to a baby with down's after receiving negative diagnoses for the foetus. Dawkins seems to live in some magical land where he thinks that such solid diagnoses do happen - it simply isn't the case, there is no way to know 100% whether your foetus has Down's before it is born.