Father test on unborn babies fury; PATERNITY.HUNDREDS of cheating wives each year have paternity tests on their unborn babies so they can abort them if they are not their husband's. The tests, which cost from pounds 234, were blasted as "unethical and wrong" by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is a pro-life organization in the United Kingdom and several other countries. In New Zealand, SPUC changed its name to "Voice for Life" in August 2004. . Those offering them are "encouraging" abortion, said the group Comment on Reproductive Ethics. But DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Solutions, which does 500 of the tests each year, denied a "wrong" result always ends in abortion. The DNA is tested by obtaining a sample of amniotic fluid or placental tissue. |
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