That 90% may move much closer to 100% with the wider availability of the maternal blood test screening for foetal trisonomies (branded “Harmony test” in the UK) which is supposedly very accurate.
My wife opted to have this test for two of her pregnancies at about 13 weeks, both negative.
It’s impossible to say what we would have done given a positive result. Everything I hear about the way such a diagnosis is handled by the medical profession suggests that expectant parents will be steered down the route of abortion.
My experience in Germany mirrors yours. Although you of course have the choice (not to take the test, not to act on the results), the process felt like it was leading inevitably down the path of aborting the pregnancy in case of a positive Harmony result confirmed by another test. I found the experience, including talking to relatives about the topic, quite unsettling.
My wife opted to have this test for two of her pregnancies at about 13 weeks, both negative.
It’s impossible to say what we would have done given a positive result. Everything I hear about the way such a diagnosis is handled by the medical profession suggests that expectant parents will be steered down the route of abortion.