There is a need to aim for wide access to earlier pre-natal screening and diagnosis to allow time for genetic testing and counselling so that care can be optimal and options for pregnancy can be provided.

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“When a woman is pregnant she is most vulnerable, and that’s when abuse can start,” Pelletier, a registered nurse and pre-natal co-ordinator at the Beendigen women’s shelter for more than 25 years, said Thursday.

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