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He really is. I never would have thought I would have said that at 20 weeks pregnant, but as he grows and we get to know him, he embodies life and he's got a personality and future and hope and we see all of that in him.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3) Zoom in Erin Witkowski with son Grady\u003cbr/\u003e4) SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Witkowski, Son has Down's Syndrome: \u003cbr/\u003e\"He's a very busy little guy, he gets therapy about 10 times a week. And he loves to play, and take naps and eat, he's' a very happy little boy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5) Medium compilation of logos of the three companies bringing the new blood test to market\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York - 10 June 2011 \u003cbr/\u003e6) SOUNDBITE (English) Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Right now there are blood tests that indicate a risk of carrying a Down's Syndrome pregnancy for confirmation, the woman goes on to amniocentesis, where a needle is slipped into the belly to get DNA after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This new blood test will give a firmer answer than the current blood tests, and do it several weeks earlier than amniocentesis.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eFile (date, location unknown) \u003cbr/\u003e7) Various woman receiving amniocentesis\u003cbr/\u003e8) Medium sonogram\u003cbr/\u003e9) Various woman receiving amniocentesis\u003cbr/\u003e10) Various lab worker examining amniocentesis sample\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eCorte Madera, California - 8 June 2011\u003cbr/\u003e12) SOUNDBITE (English) Jaime King, Legal Scholar, University of California:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If they get that information, and they want that information, then I think that's a real positive across the board at least people have a much longer time period to make a decision about whether or not they want to keep the child or not keep the child.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eBerkeley, California - 8 June 2011\u003cbr/\u003e13) Medium entrance to the Centre for Genetics and Society\u003cbr/\u003e14) SOUNDBITE (English) Marcy Darnovsky, Centre for Genetics and Society: \u003cbr/\u003e\"From our point of view at the Centre for Genetics and Society we really need to do that in a way so that we're not in any way impacting women's reproductive rights, that we're respecting women as decision makers about the future of their families, but that at the same time making sure we're not going down what could be a really disastrous path towards designer babies, and human clones and a world with hundreds of millions of missing girls and those sorts of things.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003ePort Jervis, New York - 9 June 2011\u003cbr/\u003e15) Wide Witkowski with Grady\u003cbr/\u003e16) SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Witkowski, Son has Down's Syndrome:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If the abortion rate spikes, and people decide to not keep their babies with Down's Syndrome, you know what happens is when the population of individuals with Down's Syndrome decreases what will happen is less funding will start going towards research and support for all the individuals out there and that's scary for us.\" \u003cbr/\u003e17) Tight Grady\u003cbr/\u003eBlood tests for Down's Syndrome in pregnancy performed as early as nine weeks could be widely available to women by next year. \u003cbr/\u003eDoctors in the U.S. say they could eventually completely replace current modes of testing which put the unborn child at risk.\u003cbr/\u003e15 month old Grady Witkowski  has Down's Syndrome. His mother, Erin knew about his condition 20 weeks into her pregnancy. \u003cbr/\u003e\"He's joy, he smiles and he laughs, he's everything I ever wanted in a son. He really is. I never would have thought I would have said that at 20 weeks pregnant, but as he grows and we get to know him, he embodies life and he's got a personality and future and hope and we see all of that in him,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003eFor years, many women have gone through an experience like hers: a blood or ultrasound test that indicates a heightened risk of the syndrome, followed by a medical procedure to make a firm diagnosis by capturing DNA from the foetus.\u003cbr/\u003eUsually it's the needle procedure called amniocentesis, done almost four months or more into the pregnancy. Sometimes it's an earlier test called CVS, or chorionic villus sampling, which collects a bit of tissue from the placenta. \u003cbr/\u003eBoth pose a tiny, but real chance for miscarriage.\u003cbr/\u003eBut by this time next year an alternative might be more widely available to women that offers accurate results as early as nine weeks into the pregnancy.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Science Writer, Malcolm Ritter says:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Right now there are blood tests that indicate a risk of carrying a Down's Syndrome pregnancy for confirmation, the woman goes on to amniocentesis, where a needle is slipped into the belly to get DNA after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This new blood test will give a firmer answer than the current blood tests, and do it several weeks earlier than amniocentesis.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe test would retrieve foetal DNA from the mother's bloodstream. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was developed at the University of Hong Kong and so far the sophisticated equipment required for the test means blood samples have to be sent there.\u003cbr/\u003eThat's a time consuming and expensive process.\u003cbr/\u003eSoon the answer could come before the pregnancy is obvious to others.\u003cbr/\u003eTwo California companies, Sequenom Inc. and Verinata Health Inc., hope to offer the test to doctors in the United States by next April. They say it could be done in the first trimester, with Sequenom aiming as early as 10 weeks, and Verinata as early as eight weeks. Results would be available 7 to 10 days later. \u003cbr/\u003eIn addition, LifeCodexx AG of Germany says it wants to start offering its test in Europe by the end of this year, to be performed at 12 to 14 weeks initially. None of the companies would discuss its cost.\u003cbr/\u003eFor some women, the new test might mean termination is a more tenable choice. For others it could be a mixed blessing.\u003cbr/\u003eDown's Syndrome slows mental and physical development, and people with it usually show mild to moderate disability in intellect and skills for everyday living. \u003cbr/\u003eHealth risks include heart defects and hearing problems. Life expectancy is about 60 years. \u003cbr/\u003eMarcy Darnovsky, Centre for Genetics and Society says:\u003cbr/\u003e\"From our point of view at the Centre for Genetics and Society we really need to do that in a way so that we're not in any way impacting women's reproductive rights, that we're respecting women as decision makers about the future of their families, but that at the same time making sure we're not going down what could be a really disastrous path towards designer babies, and human clones and a world with hundreds of millions of missing girls and those sorts of things.\" \u003cbr/\u003eCurrent prenatal screening has already cut the number of babies born with the syndrome, which now stands at about 6,000 each year in the United States, or about 1 in every 691 babies according to the National Down's Syndrome Society. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's figures like this that concern mothers like Witkowski. \u003cbr/\u003e\"If the abortion rate spikes, and people decide to not keep their babies with Down's Syndrome, you know what happens is when the population of individuals with Down's Syndrome decreases what will happen is less funding will start going towards research and support for all the individuals out there and that's scary for us.\" \u003cbr/\u003eWitkowski says immediately after the test returned positive, her then doctor suggested termination. 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