Doctors could be prosecuted for gender-based abortion following British lawyers appeal to European Court of Human Right
by Harry Yorke, Telegraph:
Doctors who aborted foetuses based on their gender could finally be successfully prosecuted after British lawyers launched an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights calling for a reform of abortion law.
The appeal comes four years after a Daily Telegraph undercover investigation found two doctors were offering abortion services to couples based on the sex of their unborn child.
In 2012, doctors Prabha Sivaraman and Palaniappan Rajmohan faced the first ever private prosecution on gender abortion charges after being filmed by this newspaper agreeing to gender-determined terminations.
The landmark case rested on allegations made by pro-life campaigner Aisling Hubert, from Brighton, but was thrown out by the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds that it would not be in the “public interest” to pursue it.
In its ruling, the CPS stated that the “law does not, in terms, expressly prohibit gender specific abortions”, adding that Miss Hubert did not have access to the original evidence needed to successfully prosecute Dr Sivaraman and Dr Rajmohan.
However, six months after their appeal was rejected by the Court of Appeal, barristers representing Miss Hubert have presented their case to the ECHR in hope that the ruling will be overturned.
Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Andrea Williams of Christian Concern said: “It is a privilege to stand alongside Aisling in her courageous fight to challenge the establishment to deliver justice.
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