A 4D ultrasound offers a unique view of cleft palate type and extent as well as allowing the detection of small but significant abnormalities of the face, ears, heart, hands and feet. It would be extremely useful in this situation. To facilitate decision making, it would be useful to undergo an amniocentesis as well to exclude an abnormal number of chromosomes. It is safe and legal to abort a fetus upto 20 weeks of gestation. It is technically feasible in certain situations to abort an abnormal fetus, before it can exist in the outside world.