MONMOUTH, Ore. — A mother in Oregon says that her twin daughters are blessings after ignoring advice to obtain genetic testing and a subsequent abortion as doctors feared both had Down syndrome. Rachael Prescott’s girls are now over a year old, but she well remembers being offered testing for Down syndrome and receiving condolences about the diagnosis once her daughters were born. “At my first prenatal appointment at around eight weeks, six specialists took turns reviewing the scans and presenting the same results,” she told The Daily Mail . “We sat through similar spiels from each, mystified at their concerns over whether our girls may have Down syndrome, when they without a doubt did have serious heart defects.” “Information on navigating their cardiac situation was dwarfed by the push for genetic testing and possible […]
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