Look at this face, and then think about the new blood test to detect Down syndrome

This is Abby. The picture was taken in the emergency room at Marybridge Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. Her blogger mother reports she hadn't slept and she couldn't eat because of her breathing. "You could hear the rattle from her airways from down the hall." But does she look like she's suffering for having Down syndrome? A new survey reports that 99% of people with Down syndrome are happy.

Sadly, their supposed misery is one excuse people use for advocating the new blood test to detect Down syndrome. It will lower the risk of miscarriage, but increase the pressure on parents to abort affected babies. 

Abby's mom tackles this and other excuses on Mostly True Stuff. Less risky test? For whom? Not for babies with Down syndrome!