Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) during pregnancy, which screens for a variety of genetic traits in the child, is set to be rolled out across the NHS. Critics are concerned the test administered early in pregnancy will encourage a higher amount of sex-selective abortions as parents will have more time to consider an abortion before the legal cut-off for termination.

Stephen Matthews, Daily Mail, May 23, 2017.

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