Heidi Crowter and Aidan Lea-Wilson, who were born with Down’s Syndrome, made a claim for judicial review of s1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 which permits the abortion of a foetus up until the moment of birth if there is a substantial risk that a seriously handicapped child might be born.
An English woman with Down's syndrome Friday lost an appeal challenging an abortion law that allows babies with the syndrome to be aborted up until birth.