Heidi’s abortion law challenge: date set

The High Court will hear Heidi Crowter’s legal challenge to abortion laws on 6 July, it has been announced.

Crowter, 25, is bringing the case against the government with Máire Lea-Wilson, whose 23-month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome.

Abortion time limits

The time limit for abortions in England, Wales and Scotland is set at 24 weeks, but if a baby has a disability like Down’s syndrome, cleft lip or club foot, it can be legally aborted up to birth.

Not fair

Crowter told the Christian Today website: ‘The law says that babies shouldn’t be aborted up to birth, but if a baby is found to have Down’s syndrome, it can be aborted up until birth. This is the current law in the UK and I think it’s not fair.

‘People like me are considered to be “seriously handicapped”, but I think using that phrase for a clause in abortion law is so out of date.’