The baby boy who became the victim of an abortion after doctors failed a disability test on him died over the weekend. Physicians advised his mother to have an abortion after they had misdiagnosed a physical deformity but the boy survived the procedure.
Doctors at the teaching hospital Careggi performed two ultrasounds on the boy and his mother and they said he had a defective esophagus. That's a disorder that surgery could have corrected after birth in some cases.
However, when they went to abort the baby boy, they discovered he was healthy and desperately tried to resuscitate him.
The boy was born healthy and lived for six days following the failed abortion, which was done at 22 weeks into the pregnancy.
Italy's abortion law allows abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy in certain cases but it also requires doctors to do all they can to save the life of a baby who survives a botched abortion attempt.
Doctors today heavily promote these diagnostic tests on pregnant women. So many of these tests are inaccurate and have a very high false positive rate.
I had first hand experience with false positive results when I was pregnant with my first child. I was completely uninformed and agreed to every blood test available. One day at work I received a call from a nurse who informed me: "Your child tested positive for Down's syndrome." The test turned out to be wrong.
Countless pregnant women have these tests every day and based upon the results-- whether accurate or not--abort their children. These tests cause abortions.
Look around-- where have all the Down's Syndrome children gone? Mothers were tested, Down's Syndrome detected and babies were exterminated.