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"There are two types of screening that can be carried out as part of the IVF process. Preimplantation genetic test for aneuploidies (PGT-A) screens for any chromosomal abnormalities that may be present, while other preimplantation genetic tests (PGT) checks for specific conditions such as Down’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease and muscular dystrophy, among others. In fact PGT can now be used with IVF to test for nearly 400 rare genetic conditions, including cystic fibrosis and early-onset Alzheimer’s."

https://blog.ivf.com.au/embryo-screening

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(Replying to PARENT post)

Many chromosomal abnormalities can be reliably detected at 10 weeks into a pregnancy, if not earlier. 10 weeks is well within the window at which many if not most women would be comfortable terminating. In California these tests are required to be covered by insurance for at-risk women (i.e. 38 and older, etc).

I imagine at some point these tests, as well as more precise ones, are likely to become standard procedure for all pregnancies, in California and everywhere else.

EDIT: I mean comfortable as in willing; not comfortable as in "whatevs".

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