Down’s woman vows to fight abortion law discrimination in Supreme Court
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A woman with Down’s syndrome is to take her fight to halt abortions up to birth for babies with her genetic condition after the Court of Appeal rejected her case.
Heidi Crowter, 27, of Coventry will apply for permission for her case to be heard at the Supreme Court following her defeat in London.
She argued that a clause in the 1967 Abortion Act discriminates against Down’s syndrome children and babies with disabilities by allowing them to be killed up to birth simply because they are different from other children.
Abortion for children without Down’s syndrome or other disabilities is forbidden after 24 weeks of gestation and Ms Crowter had asked for the law to apply to all unborn babies without discrimination.
Ms Crowter has claimed that the law as it is stigmatises people with Down’s syndrome and disabilities by sending out the message that their lives are less valuable than those of other people.
‘I feel like crying,’ said Ms Crowter outside of court.
‘We face discrimination eve...
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