Christian pro-life campaigner fails in bid to prosecute doctors who were filmed offering to terminate female foetuses
by Jonathan Petre, Mail on Sunday:
A Christian pro-life campaigner has been landed with a £47,000 legal bill after her attempt to prosecute two doctors who allegedly offered sex-selective abortions was derailed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Aisling Hubert, who could face jail if she cannot pay, launched a private prosecution against the doctors two years ago after they were secretly filmed agreeing to arrange terminations of female foetuses for a 2012 undercover investigation.
She acted after the CPS decided not to prosecute because, despite there being ‘just sufficient’ evidence to gain a conviction, it said a trial would not be in the public interest.
But Ms Hubert accused the CPS of being ‘morally wrong’ and leaving the ‘door wide open’ to sex-selective abortions.
Just as the doctors were heading for trial at Manchester Crown Court, however, the CPS dramatically took over her case and immediately dropped it.
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