An e-mail:

This comes close to a subject that hasn’t gotten nearly enough coverage
in the past.
Several years ago my family had THREE instances of prenatal
mis-diagnosis of Downs Syndrome.
In the course of just 16 months, 3 different mothers-to-be were told the
amnio-sythesis test indicated
DS and they were counseled to “consider abortion”. In every case they
declined and
3 beautiful, healthy, perfectly normal babies were born. These mothers
lived in different states (Ala
and Georgia). They are not related except through marriage.
Not only could the mis-diagnoses have led to unnecessary abortions.
These mothers endured months
of worry, doubt and second guessing during their pregnancies. My family
has long wondered, if we
endured 3 instances, how many others out there have endured the same thing?