fetal diagnosis

noun

1. prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis

Example Sentences

“But also people who might have a fetal diagnosis, who just can't get care locally.”

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She herself had to travel to Colorado in 2016 to get an abortion at 32 weeks due to a fetal diagnosis because New York had a criminal ban post-viability.

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Abortion rights advocates plan to ask the courts to repeal any remaining abortion bans and restrictions on the books in Ohio, including a mandatory 24-hour period that abortion seekers must wait before they can have the procedure and a ban on abortions after a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

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After the fetal diagnosis, the patient's Missouri doctors told her that her life wasn't in immediate danger, but they also pointed out the risks of carrying the pregnancy to term.

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Not so long ago, faced with the nightmare of a catastrophic fetal diagnosis, they would have had the option of saving themselves the anguish of such an undertaking.

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