The NIPT test, a prenatal test for detecting genetic abnormalities, should be used to prevent children from being born with Down syndrome. This is what physician-epidemiologist Luc Bonneux writes in a biology textbook to be published by Noordhoff.
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‘Now that the screening of the NIPT test has become safe, it should be used to prevent children with this condition (Down’s syndrome, ed.) from being born as much as possible’, Susanne Blomsteel quotes from a biology book for high school. ‘Denmark has understood, but the Netherlands is neglecting its prevention obligation, as evidenced by the fact that children with Down’s syndrome are still being born here.’ The mother of a daughter with Down posted the quote on Instagram on Tuesday.
A day earlier, the publisher called her, asking if she could use a photo of her together with her daughter Pippi. Blomsteel felt honored, but first wanted to know what it was for. ‘With wide eyes I read an art..
