Down’s syndrome campaigners Heidi Crowter and Máire Lea-Wilson have announced their intention to take the fight against disability-selective abortions to the highest court in Europe.
UK Catholic bishop speaks out after woman with Down syndrome loses abortion law appeal catholicworldreport.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicworldreport.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. / Anthony M. from Rome, Italy - Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).CNA Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 04:38 am (CNA).The Catholic Church in England and Wales has spoken out against the UK s abortion law, branding it "illogical and unjust," after a woman with Down Syndrome lost a legal challenge to the law relating to abortion and disability.In a ruling on November 25, the Court of Appeal ruled that the UK abortion law did not discriminate against disabled people, even though it permits abortion up to birth if medics suspect the baby is disabled.Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old woman with Down Syndrome, launched her legal challenge in the High Court in July 2021, arguing that the law does not respect her life.Following her defeat in the High Court in September 2021, the case was then re-examined by the Court of Appeal this month, but Lord Justice Underhill said in his judgment that the disability clause in the Abortion
High Court rejects challenge to discriminatory Down s abortion law christian.org.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christian.org.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.