Disability campaigners to take abortion law case to Supreme Court
from Christian Today:
Campaigners for the equal treatment of people with Down’s syndrome are to take their challenge against a discriminatory abortion law to the Supreme Court after losing in the Court of Appeal today.
The campaign to change the legal time limit for abortion in cases of disability is being led by Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome, and Máire Lea-Wilson, who was pressured to abort her son when a 34-week scan revealed he had the condition.
Abortion is legal in England, Wales and Scotland up to 24 weeks, but in cases of disability, including Down’s syndrome, cleft lip and club foot, babies can be aborted up to birth.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommended that the UK change its abortion law so that babies with disabilities are not singled out. This recommendation has been ignored by the government.
Crowter and Lea-Wilson were seeking to overturn a previous ruling that the time limit for abortion on the grounds of disability is not unlawful.
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