The tragedy of selective abortion in Britain
Late last year, Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old woman with Down syndrome, lost her court of appeal challenge over late-term abortions on grounds of serious foetal abnormalities. Abnormalities such as hers, that is. The law in England, Wales and Scotland makes an exception to the 24-week time limit for abortion, permitting abortion all the way up to birth if there is ‘a substantial risk that if the
![](https://www.spectator.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7223008-1.webp?w=440)