A landmark case against the UK Government over the law that allows abortion up to birth for Down Syndrome will be heard at the High Court in London on 6th July.

The case claims the law is discriminatory against people with disabilities.

Heidi Crowter, a 25-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down Syndrome, together with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose twenty-three-month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, are challenging the UK Government over a disability clause in the current law.

Heidi and her team have already crowdfunded over £80,000 for the case.

Currently in England, Wales and Scotland, there is a general 24-week time limit for abortion, but if the baby has a disability, including Down Syndrome, cleft lip and club foot, abortion is legal right up to birth.