In this case, we conclude plaintiffs mother and child have failed to establish their respective causes of action for wrongful birth and wrongful life. Even if the defendant physician had provided the expectant mother with a certain genetic test, the test's 20 percent probability of detecting the risk of Down's Syndrome falls far short of the requisite reasonable medical probability standard of causation. We affirm...
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