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Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing.
About half of states ban abortion or restrict it after a certain point in pregnancy.
Early ultrasounds show far less about the condition of a fetus than later ones.
Experts say prenatal testing can identify problems and help parents decide whether to continue a pregnancy.
In 2022 , the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about the screenings, reminding patients and doctors that results need further confirmation.
The agency is poised to release a new regulatory framework in April that would require prenatal screenings, and thousands of other lab tests, to undergo FDA review.
Even before Roe was overturned, pregnant patients have sometimes been confused by what prenatal testing does or doesn't reveal about the pregnancy or fetus.
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